Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अभिवन्दामि वो मूर्ध्ना स्वागतं ऋषयः सदा । अर्घ्यसन्मानपूजार्हाः सर्वेऽत्रोपविशन्तु ते

Transliteration

abhivandāmi vo mūrdhnā svāgataṃ ṛṣayaḥ sadā | arghyasanmānapūjārhāḥ sarve'tropaviśantu te

Translation

Māṇḍavya sprach: „Ich verneige mich vor euch mit meinem Haupt. Seid willkommen, o ṛṣis, stets würdig des Arghya, der Ehrerbietung und der Verehrung. Setzt euch alle hier nieder.“

Word by Word

• अभिवन्दामि: I bow/salute
• अभिवन्दामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + वन्द् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; ‘I salute’

• वः: to you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (genitive/dative) बहुवचन; सर्वनाम—‘वः’ (of you/to you)

• मूर्ध्ना: with (my) head
• मूर्ध्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण—‘with (my) head’

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वागत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भाववाचक—‘welcome’

• ऋषयः: O sages
• ऋषयः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि प्रयुज्यते (addressing)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: always)

• अर्घ्यसन्मानपूजार्हाः: worthy of offerings, honor, and worship
• अर्घ्यसन्मानपूजार्हाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्घ्य + सन्मान + पूजा + अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषभावः—‘अर्घ्यस्य सन्मानस्य पूजायाश्च अर्हाः’ (worthy of offering/respect/worship)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: here)

• उपविशन्तु: let (them) sit
• उपविशन्तु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘let (them) sit down’

• ते: they (you all)
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम—‘they/those (you)’

Speaker

Māṇḍavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Māṇḍavya, though afflicted, bows with his head and welcomes the sages, inviting them to sit; ritual vessels for arghya are nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Atithi-dharma and reverence for sages remain sacred even amid personal suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the dharma of honoring ṛṣis within the Revā-kṣetra narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering arghya and performing respectful hospitality (sanmāna/pūjā) to visiting sages is implied.