Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेच्छुचिः । तेन सम्यग्विधानेन कोटिर्भवति भोजिता

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā brāhmaṇān bhojayecchuciḥ | tena samyagvidhānena koṭirbhavati bhojitā

Translation

An jenem Tīrtha erlangt, wer in Reinheit und Hingabe Brahmanen speist, durch dieses rechtmäßig vollzogene Ritual Verdienst, als hätte er ein Koṭi (zehn Millionen) gespeist.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: “there”)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन

• तु: indeed/and/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd); एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); बहुवचन

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• भोजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भोजय् (धातु; √भुज्/भुज्-सेवने, णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/benedictive sense); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: “cause to eat/feed”)

• शुचिः: pure/clean
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies यः)

• तेन: by that/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd); एकवचन; संकेतक-सर्वनाम (anaphoric: “by that/thereby”)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: “properly”)

• विधानेन: by the prescribed procedure/rite
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• कोटिः: a crore (ten million)
• कोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु; √भू)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/Indicative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भोजिता: fed/entertained (as guests)
• भोजिता: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोजित (कृदन्त; √भुज् णिच् + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि-क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); विशेषण (qualifies कोटिः)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Soma-tīrtha (within Revā-khaṇḍa)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank tīrtha with a small shrine and sacrificial markers, a pure devotee offers a formal meal to seated brāhmaṇas; vessels, water-pot, and offerings arranged with ritual order; the river glints behind, suggesting Soma’s sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Somatīrtha
• Brāhmaṇas
• Dāna/Anna-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional charity performed with purity and right method becomes vastly magnified in a sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somatīrtha, where acts of dāna—especially feeding—are said to yield multiplied merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feed brāhmaṇas at the tīrtha with devotion, purity, and correct procedure (samyag-vidhi).