Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

स्वागतार्घ्यनमस्कारैर्गंधपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः । उपचारैः समभ्यर्च्य भोजयामासतुर्मुदा

Transliteration

svāgatārghyanamaskārairgaṃdhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ | upacāraiḥ samabhyarcya bhojayāmāsaturmudā

Translation

With welcome, offerings of arghya, and salutations—along with fragrance, flowers, unbroken grains, and other services—they worshipped him duly and then fed him with joy.

Word by Word

• स्वागतार्घ्यनमस्कारैः: with welcomes, offerings, and salutations
• स्वागतार्घ्यनमस्कारैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāgata + arghya + namaskāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (welcome, offering, salutations)

• गन्धपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः: with perfumes, flowers, rice, etc.
• गन्धपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha + puṣpa + akṣata + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; समासः—गन्ध-पुष्प-अक्षत-आदि-भिः (with perfumes, flowers, unbroken rice, etc.)

• उपचारैः: with services/attendances
• उपचारैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upacāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-abhi-√arc (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्तः (Gerund); ‘having duly worshipped’

• भोजयामासतुः: they fed (him)
• भोजयामासतुः: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) णिच् (causative) + लिट्
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, द्विवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; णिजन्तः (causative)

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karaṇa (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्; भावे ‘with joy’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The hosts perform a full welcome: offering arghya, bowing, presenting fragrance, flowers, and akṣata; then they serve a meal to the honored yogin, all with visible joy.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣabha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Joyful hospitality—honor and food offered to the holy—becomes a powerful act of dharma and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly praised; the verse glorifies the dharma of worship and feeding of an atithi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Atithi-pūjā with arghya, namaskāra, gandha, puṣpa, akṣata, and bhojana (feeding/anna-dāna).