Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

आवर्जितास्ते रामेण पाद्यार्घ्यविष्टरादिभिः । स्तुतिं चकार विप्राणां दण्डवत्प्रणिपत्य च

Transliteration

āvarjitāste rāmeṇa pādyārghyaviṣṭarādibhiḥ | stutiṃ cakāra viprāṇāṃ daṇḍavatpraṇipatya ca

Translation

Rāma empfing sie mit den überlieferten Gaben—Wasser für die Füße, Arghya, Sitze und dergleichen. Er pries die Brāhmaṇas und warf sich, wie ein Stab ausgestreckt, in voller Ehrfurcht nieder.

Word by Word

• आवर्जिताः: (were) welcomed/received
• आवर्जिताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√वृज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; past passive participle used predicatively

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• रामेण: by Rama
• रामेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental

• पाद्य-अर्घ्य-विष्टरा-आदिभिः: with pādya, arghya, seats, etc.
• पाद्य-अर्घ्य-विष्टरा-आदिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विष्टरा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (द्वन्द्व-समाहार/इतरेतर-समुच्चय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘with (items) such as water for washing feet, arghya, seats, etc.’

• स्तुतिम्: praise
• स्तुतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• चकार: did/made
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; perfect

• विप्राणाम्: of the Brahmins
• विप्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; genitive

• दण्डवत्: prostrate (like a staff)
• दण्डवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दण्डवत् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘like a staff/fully prostrate’

• प्रणिपत्य: having prostrated
• प्रणिपत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त/gerund), ‘having bowed down/prostrated’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; exact speaker not specified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma receives eminent Brāhmaṇas with pādya and arghya, offers a seat, and performs a full daṇḍavat prostration; the atmosphere is formal, reverent, and ritual-pure.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vipras (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred etiquette is dharma: honoring the holy with offerings, praise, and full humility purifies the householder and strengthens righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya forms the sacred backdrop; the verse focuses on the dharma of reception practiced within such holy terrain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering pādya, arghya, and viṣṭara (seat), along with daṇḍavat-praṇāma—standard rites of atithi-satkāra.