Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

वेदमंत्रेण शुभ्रेण मंत्रयंते ततो द्विजाः । चरतां दंपतीनां हि परिवेश्य यथोचितम्

Transliteration

vedamaṃtreṇa śubhreṇa maṃtrayaṃte tato dvijāḥ | caratāṃ daṃpatīnāṃ hi pariveśya yathocitam

Translation

Daraufhin rezitierten die Zweimalgeborenen reine vedische Mantras und reichten den Paaren, die den Ritus vollzogen, in gebührender Weise Speise und Opfergaben, wie es sich gehört.

Word by Word

• veda-mantrena: with a Vedic mantra
• veda-mantrena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वेदस्य मन्त्रः)

• śubhreṇa: pure, auspicious
• śubhreṇa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (veda-mantrena इत्यस्य)

• mantrayaṃte: they recite/chant (mantras)
• mantrayaṃte: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mantray (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—क्रियाविशेषणम् (ततः=then/from there)

• dvijāḥ: the Brahmins (twice-born)
• dvijāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• caratām: of the moving/roaming
• caratām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: carat (कृदन्त; √car धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (daṃpatīnām इत्यस्य)

• daṃpatīnām: of the couples (husband and wife)
• daṃpatīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃpatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (emphatic/causal particle)

• pariveśya: having served/arranged (food)
• pariveśya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-viś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया

• yathocitam: as is proper
• yathocitam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + ucita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; क्रियाविशेषणम् (यथा उचितम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual pavilion in a sacred forest: brāhmaṇas recite bright, ‘pure’ Vedic mantras while attendants respectfully serve offerings/food to a moving line of couples participating in the rite, all arranged with orderly decorum.

Characters & Entities

• Vedic mantras
• dvijāḥ
• dampatī (couples)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity is joined with right conduct—mantra and proper service together uphold dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, as the arena where Vedic recitation and correct ritual hospitality are practiced.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Chanting Vedic mantras and serving the participating couples appropriately (pariveśya yathocitam).