Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

स्वागतेनाग्नयस्तृप्तिं गृहस्थस्य प्रयांति च । आसनेन व्रजेत्तुष्टिं स्वयंभूः प्रपितामहः

Transliteration

svāgatenāgnayastṛptiṃ gṛhasthasya prayāṃti ca | āsanena vrajettuṣṭiṃ svayaṃbhūḥ prapitāmahaḥ

Translation

Durch ehrerbietiges Willkommen werden die heiligen Feuer des Hausvaters gesättigt; und durch das Darreichen eines Sitzes zieht der Selbstgeborene Ahnvater (Brahmā) zufrieden davon.

Word by Word

• svāgatena: by (offering) welcome
• svāgatena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāgata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by welcome/greeting)

• agnayaḥ: the (sacred) fires
• agnayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; Nominative plural (fires)

• tṛptim: satisfaction
• tṛptim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular (satisfaction)

• gṛhasthasya: of the householder
• gṛhasthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛhastha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular (of the householder)

• prayānti: attain / go to
• prayānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + yā (या, धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; (they) go/attain

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• āsanena: by (offering) a seat
• āsanena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by a seat)

• vrajet: should attain / goes
• vrajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (व्रज्, धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (आज्ञार्थ/सम्भावना), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (he) should go/attain

• tuṣṭim: satisfaction
• tuṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular (satisfaction)

• svayaṃbhūḥ: Svayambhū (Brahmā)
• svayaṃbhūḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svayam (अव्यय) + bhū (भू, धातु) → svayaṃbhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि/रूढ-नाम: ‘self-existent’ (Brahmā)

• prapitāmahaḥ: the great-grandfather (Brahmā)
• prapitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prapitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular; epithet ‘great-grandfather’ (Brahmā)

Speaker

Narrative voice (Purāṇic narrator; not explicitly named in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A guest is welcomed at the threshold; behind the host, the sacred household fire glows, symbolically ‘satisfied’; Brahmā is envisioned subtly above, departing pleased as a seat is offered.

Characters & Entities

• Agnayaḥ
• Svayaṃbhū (Brahmā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Guest-honor is not social etiquette alone—it is a sacred act that nourishes one’s ritual life and divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Śrīhāṭa–Keśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, the text presents tīrtha-dharma as inseparable from household sacred duties.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Welcome the guest (svāgata) and offer a seat (āsana), treating the act as ritually efficacious.