Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

भोजयेद्ब्रह्णांश्चैव तापसाञ्छंसिवव्रतान् । लक्षहोमं प्रकुर्वीत शिवहोमं ग्रहादिकम्

Transliteration

bhojayedbrahṇāṃścaiva tāpasāñchaṃsivavratān | lakṣahomaṃ prakurvīta śivahomaṃ grahādikam

Translation

Man soll Brahmanen und Asketen speisen, die ihre Gelübde streng bewahren. Man soll das Lakṣa-homa, hunderttausend Feueropfergaben, vollziehen, ebenso das Śiva-homa und Riten zur Besänftigung planetarer Bedrängnisse und dergleichen.

Word by Word

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• भोजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) [णिच्]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोजक — Optative causative, 3rd person, Singular

• ब्रह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्रह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक — conjunction

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (अवधारण) — particle (emphasis)

• तापसान्: ascetics
• तापसान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural

• शंसिवव्रतान्: those observing praiseworthy vows
• शंसिवव्रतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंसिव (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural

• लक्षहोमम्: a hundred-thousand oblations (lakṣa-homa)
• लक्षहोमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• प्रकुर्वीत: should perform
• प्रकुर्वीत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada

• शिवहोमम्: Śiva-homa (oblations to Śiva)
• शिवहोमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• ग्रहादिकम्: including (rites for) planets etc.
• ग्रहादिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; विशेषण (शिवहोमम्) — adjective qualifying ‘śivahoma’

Speaker

Kumāreśvara (Skanda/Kārttikeya) (contextual attribution)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A large yajña-śālā with priests offering oblations into a blazing fire, lines of ascetics and brāhmaṇas being respectfully fed, and a Śiva emblem overseeing the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Tāpasa
• Lakṣa-homa
• Śiva-homa
• Graha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual worship is completed by service—feeding the worthy—and by śānti rites that harmonize personal and cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it continues the Kumāreśvara worship regimen tied to the saṅgama-tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feed brāhmaṇas and ascetics; perform lakṣa-homa, Śiva-homa, and graha-related pacification rites.