Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ततस्तु स्वयमेवान्नं बुभुजे भार्यया सह । विसृज्य तान्समायातान्स्वजनान्ब्राह्मणैः सह

Transliteration

tatastu svayamevānnaṃ bubhuje bhāryayā saha | visṛjya tānsamāyātānsvajanānbrāhmaṇaiḥ saha

Translation

Dann aß er selbst zusammen mit seiner Gattin, nachdem er die Gekommenen — seine Verwandten samt den Brahmanen — ehrerbietig verabschiedet hatte.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'then/thereafter'

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): emphasis/contrast

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Karta (Agent-emphasis/कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reflexive adverb): 'oneself'

• eva: only, indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): restriction/emphasis 'only/just'

• annam: food
• annam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• bubhuje: ate, enjoyed
• bubhuje: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• bhāryayā: with (his) wife
• bhāryayā: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition): 'with' (saha + Instr.)

• visṛjya: having dismissed
• visṛjya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√sṛj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having dismissed/sent away'

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (pronoun)

• samāyātān: who had come/arrived
• samāyātān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√yā + ta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; 'having come/arrived' (qualifying tān)

• svajanān: his own people/relatives
• svajanān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + jana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (sva-jana = 'one's own people/kinsmen'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• brāhmaṇaiḥ: with Brahmins
• brāhmaṇaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition): 'with' (saha + Instr.)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the charitable feast, the host respectfully sees off kinsmen and brāhmaṇas at the threshold; later, he and his wife sit together to eat in a quiet inner courtyard.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Bhāryā (wife)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After fulfilling duties of generosity and hospitality, the householder partakes of food in an orderly, dharmic manner.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied dharma-krama (proper sequence): receive guests, give dāna, then take one’s meal.