Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

प्रविष्टो राजसदनं यत्र राजा स भीष्मकः । तं दृष्ट्वा चागतं गेहे पूजयामास भूपतिः

Transliteration

praviṣṭo rājasadanaṃ yatra rājā sa bhīṣmakaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā cāgataṃ gehe pūjayāmāsa bhūpatiḥ

Translation

Er betrat den königlichen Palast, wo König Bhīṣmaka weilte. Als der König ihn in seinem Hause ankommen sah, erwies er ihm die gebührende ehrfürchtige Verehrung.

Word by Word

• प्रविष्टः: having entered
• प्रविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु) → प्रविष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; past passive participle used predicatively

• राजसदनम्: the royal palace
• राजसदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (राज्ञः सदनम्)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where')

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भीष्मकः: Bhīṣmaka
• भीष्मकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययभाव-क्त्वा (gerund), 'having seen'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आगतम्: who had come
• आगतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; qualifies 'tam'

• गेहे: in the house
• गेहे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• पूजयामास: honoured / worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; periphrastic perfect sense 'honoured'

• भूपतिः: the king (lord of the earth)
• भूपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-maṇḍala (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified king (Bhīṣmaka) in a jeweled palace receives an arriving monarch/guest with formal reverence; attendants, lamps, and courtly decor emphasize dharmic hospitality.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣmaka
• Damaghoṣa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring a guest—especially a worthy visitor—is dharma; royal conduct models atithi-satkāra as a sacred duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the scene is set within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hospitality (pūjā/satkāra) to an arriving guest is implied as the righteous practice.