Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

एवं स्तुत्वा च देवेशं दानवान्तकरं हरिम् । पुनरुक्तेन वै स्नात्वा ततो विप्रांस्तु भोजयेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ stutvā ca deveśaṃ dānavāntakaraṃ harim | punaruktena vai snātvā tato viprāṃstu bhojayet

Translation

এইদৰে দেৱেশ্বৰ, দানৱান্তকৰ হৰিৰ স্তৱ কৰি, বিধিপূৰ্বক পুনৰ মন্ত্রোচ্চাৰসহ স্নান কৰি, তাৰ পাছত ব্ৰাহ্মণসকলক ভোজন কৰাব।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• देवेशम्: Lord of gods
• देवेशम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशः)

• दानवान्तकरम्: destroyer of demons
• दानवान्तकरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दानव-अन्त-कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष

• हरिम्: Hari
• हरिम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पुनरुक्तेन: with the punarukta (recitation)
• पुनरुक्तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुनरुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; अवधारणार्थ

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरवाचक

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Nipāta (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• भोजयेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; प्रेरणार्थक

Speaker

Narratorial/Instructional voice within Revākhaṇḍa (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic ‘two-panel’ depiction: first, stuti to Hari at the river; second, re-snāna with mantra; third, brāhmaṇas being fed—showing the canonical closure repeated for emphasis.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Dānavas
• Vipras (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion at a tīrtha is to be sealed with dharma—purification and charitable hospitality to brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha sphere is the implied locus of the rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeat-recitation bathing (punarukta-snāna) followed by vipra-bhojana.