Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तुष्टेऽतिथौ गृहस्थस्य तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः । विमुखे विमुखाः सर्वा भवंति च न संशयः

Transliteration

tuṣṭe'tithau gṛhasthasya tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ | vimukhe vimukhāḥ sarvā bhavaṃti ca na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Ist der Gast des Hausvaters zufrieden, sind alle Götter zufrieden. Wendet sich der Gast unzufrieden ab, wenden sich auch alle Gottheiten ab — daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• tuṣṭe: when (the guest) is pleased
• tuṣṭe: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (तुष् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: तुष्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; (atithau इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• atithau: in/with the guest
• atithau: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atithi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• gṛhasthasya: of the householder
• gṛhasthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛhastha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• tuṣṭāḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (तुष् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन; (sarvadevatāḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• syuḥ: would be; become
• syuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• sarva-devatāḥ: all the deities
• sarva-devatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाः देवताः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन

• vimukhe: when (the guest) is averse/displeased
• vimukhe: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-mukhá (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; (atithau इत्यस्य विशेषणम्, ‘when the guest is displeased/averse’)

• vimukhāḥ: averse; displeased
• vimukhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन; (sarvāḥ [devatāḥ] इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन; (devatāḥ इति अध्याहार्यम्)

• bhavanti: become; are
• bhavanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• na: no; not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration; likely Sūta speaking to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder welcomes a weary traveler-sage; as the guest is fed and honored, subtle divine forms (devas) appear pleased in the background; in the alternate vignette, a displeased guest departs and the shrine lamps dim.

Characters & Entities

• Atithi
• Sarva-devatāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving and satisfying a guest is equivalent to pleasing the gods; neglecting a guest blocks divine favour.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as dharma-teaching within the Tīrthamāhātmya context rather than naming a single tirtha in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is guest-satisfaction (atithi-satkāra) as a religious duty of the householder.