Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

बटुरुवाच । सन्तापमनुतापं वा भोजनार्थं द्विजर्षभाः । मा कुरुध्वं यथान्यायं सिद्धेऽग्रे गृहमेष्यथा

Transliteration

baṭuruvāca | santāpamanutāpaṃ vā bhojanārthaṃ dvijarṣabhāḥ | mā kurudhvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ siddhe'gre gṛhameṣyathā

Translation

Der baṭu sprach: „O Beste der Brahmanen, hegt weder Kummer noch Reue um der Speise willen. Wenn sie nach Recht und Brauch bereitet ist, werdet ihr in gebührender Ordnung ins Haus kommen.“

Word by Word

• बटुः: the boy (brahmacārin)
• बटुः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बटु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सन्तापम्: distress
• सन्तापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्ताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अनुतापम्: regret
• अनुतापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• भोजन-अर्थम्: for the purpose of eating
• भोजन-अर्थम्: Hetu/Purpose (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘भोजनस्य अर्थः’ (for the sake of food)

• द्विज-ऋषभाः: O best of Brahmins
• द्विज-ऋषभाः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘द्विजानां ऋषभाः’ (bulls among Brahmins)

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (prohibitive particle)

• कुरुध्वम्: do/make
• कुरुध्वम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यथा-न्यायम्: as is proper
• यथा-न्यायम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverb) — ‘according to propriety’

• सिद्धे: when (it is) ready
• सिद्धे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; √सिध्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘(भोजने) सिद्धे’ (when it is ready)

• अग्रे: first/then
• अग्रे: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal/Order)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverb/locative used adverbially)

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एष्यथ: you will come
• एष्यथ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Baṭu (Śiva in disguise, per context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A youthful baṭu (brahmacārin) speaks calmly to agitated elders, gesturing toward a house where food is being prepared; the group’s tension softens.

Characters & Entities

• Baṭu
• Dvijarṣabha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Maintain patience and propriety; dharma is upheld by calm conduct even amid hunger and delay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred region where Śiva’s līlā instructs pilgrims and householders in dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Orderly hospitality: receive guests and serve food when it is fully prepared, following yathā-nyāya (proper procedure).