Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

प्रविश्य सर्वविप्राणां शुद्धिं दास्याम्य संशयम् । अहमत्र च पानं च यच्चान्यदपि किंचन । प्राशयिष्यामि संप्राप्य शुद्धिं चैव हुताशनात्

Transliteration

praviśya sarvaviprāṇāṃ śuddhiṃ dāsyāmya saṃśayam | ahamatra ca pānaṃ ca yaccānyadapi kiṃcana | prāśayiṣyāmi saṃprāpya śuddhiṃ caiva hutāśanāt

Translation

„Wenn ich den Ort des Ritus betrete, werde ich ohne Zweifel allen Brahmanen Reinigung gewähren. Und hier werde ich Trank und alles Weitere darbringen; nachdem ich vom heiligen Feuer, Agni, die Reinheit empfangen habe, werde ich sie auch speisen.“

Word by Word

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: विश्, उपसर्ग: प्र-; अर्थे: ‘having entered’

• सर्व: of all
• सर्व: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन; ‘of all’ (qualifies विप्राणाम)

• विप्राणाम्: of the Brahmins
• विप्राणाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन

• शुद्धिम्: purity, purification
• शुद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष? (actually उत्तमपुरुष/1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धातु: दा ‘to give’

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ- + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); नञ्-तत्पुरुषभावः; अर्थे: ‘without doubt’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• पानम्: drink, drinking (liquid)
• पानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे: ‘whatever/that which’ (correlative)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• अन्यत्: other (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘other (thing)’

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/emphasis ‘also/even’)

• किंचन: anything
• किंचन: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक ‘anything’

• प्राशयिष्यामि: I will feed (make eat)
• प्राशयिष्यामि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; causative sense in usage ‘to make eat’ (प्राशय-)

• संप्राप्य: having obtained
• संप्राप्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: आप्, उपसर्ग: सम्-प्र-; ‘having obtained’

• शुद्धिम्: purity
• शुद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• हुताशनात्: from the fire (Agni)
• हुताशनात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुत + अशन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: हुतं (आहुति) अश्नाति इति ‘fire’; ‘from the fire’

Speaker

Bhaṭṭikā (continued context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual precinct: a devotee vows to purify brāhmaṇas, offering drink and provisions; Agni burns in a prepared altar, with vessels of water and food arranged for feeding.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Hutāśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Expiation is completed through both inner purification (via sacred fire) and outward dharma (hospitality and feeding brāhmaṇas).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya, but the specific tīrtha is not named within this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Agni-based purification (hutāśana-śuddhi) followed by brāhmaṇa hospitality: offering drink and feeding (bhojana).