Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । भानुमती द्विजान्भोज्य बुभुजे भुक्तशेषतः । भुक्त्वा सुसुखमास्थाय तदन्नं परिणाम्य च

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | bhānumatī dvijānbhojya bubhuje bhuktaśeṣataḥ | bhuktvā susukhamāsthāya tadannaṃ pariṇāmya ca

Translation

ঈশ্বৰে ক’লে: ভানুমতীয়ে দ্বিজ (ব্ৰাহ্মণ) সকলক ভোজন কৰাই, অৱশিষ্ট অন্ন নিজে ভক্ষণ কৰিলে। ভক্ষণ কৰি তেওঁ অতি সুখে বিশ্ৰাম ল’লে আৰু সেই অন্ন সুপাচ্য হ’ল।

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (the Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भानुमती: Bhānumatī
• भानुमती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• भोज्य: having fed
• भोज्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रेरणार्थे; ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष कृदन्त (absolutive sense) ‘भोजयित्वा’ = having fed

• बुभुजे: ate/enjoyed
• बुभुजे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भुक्तशेषतः: from the leftovers/after what remained
• भुक्तशेषतः: Adverbial (Source/Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भुक्त + शेष + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘भुक्तशेष’ = eaten-remnant; ‘from/after the remainder’

• भुक्त्वा: having eaten
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive)

• सुसुखम्: very comfortably
• सुसुखम्: Adverbial (Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (very comfortably)

• आस्थाय: having sat down/settled
• आस्थाय: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (ल्यप्) अव्यय; ‘having sat/settled’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘that’ (qualifying anna)

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• परिणाम्य: having digested
• परिणाम्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (ल्यप्) अव्यय; ‘having digested/assimilated’

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhānumatī respectfully feeds brāhmaṇas, then eats the remaining sanctified food and rests peacefully as the meal settles.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Bhānumatī
• dvija (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity begins with honoring the worthy; feeding brāhmaṇas and then partaking of the remainder is portrayed as orderly, dharmic living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Revā Khaṇḍa’s devotional narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dvija-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas) as a dharmic act associated with vrata/puṇya-making.