Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

भोजनं गुरुविप्राणां घृतदानं च सत्क्रिया । एतानि यस्य तिष्ठन्ति चातुर्मास्ये न मानवः

Transliteration

bhojanaṃ guruviprāṇāṃ ghṛtadānaṃ ca satkriyā | etāni yasya tiṣṭhanti cāturmāsye na mānavaḥ

Translation

Den Guru und die Brāhmaṇas zu speisen, Ghee zu schenken und rechte Handlungen der Verehrung zu vollziehen—selten ist der Mensch, in dem diese Übungen während Cāturmāsya standhaft bestehen.

Word by Word

• भोजनम्: food; feeding; meal
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक; √भुज् (धातु) से निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; abstract/action noun

• गुरु-विप्राणाम्: of teachers and Brahmins
• गुरु-विप्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (गुरवश्च विप्राश्च)

• घृत-दानम्: gift of ghee
• घृत-दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक; √दा (धातु) से)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (घृतस्य दानम्)

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

• सत्-क्रिया: good conduct; virtuous act
• सत्-क्रिया: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ (धातु) से)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सती क्रिया)

• एतानि: these (things)
• एतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• यस्य: of whom; whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• तिष्ठन्ति: remain; are present; stand
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative of time

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• मानवः: a man; human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

A Purāṇic narrator addressing Devarṣi Nārada (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee respectfully serves a seated guru and brāhmaṇas with a meal; a golden pot of ghee is offered for lamps/homa; the devotee’s posture shows humility and steadiness amid monsoon season.

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Vipra
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cāturmāsya is a test of sustained discipline—service to guru and brāhmaṇas and pure giving are praised as rare virtues.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; the emphasis is on seasonal observance and dharmic service.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feed guru and brāhmaṇas, donate ghee, and maintain satkriyā during Cāturmāsya.