Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

धिग्वादैर्निन्दितः सर्वैस्तैर्जनैर्भूषितः पुनः । राज्ञा च ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे भूषणाच्छादनाशनैः

Transliteration

dhigvādairninditaḥ sarvaistairjanairbhūṣitaḥ punaḥ | rājñā ca brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bhūṣaṇācchādanāśanaiḥ

Translation

Bien que tous ces gens l’eussent blâmé par des cris de « Honte ! », il fut de nouveau honoré. Et le roi, lui aussi, combla tous les brāhmaṇa d’ornements, de vêtements et de nourriture.

Word by Word

• धिग्वादैः: with cries of ‘dhik!’ (reproaches)
• धिग्वादैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धिग् (अव्यय) + वाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (धिगिति वादाः)

• निन्दितः: was censured
• निन्दितः: Kriya (Predicate, passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निन्द् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of तैः जनैः)

• तैः: by those
• तैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• जनैः: people
• जनैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• भूषितः: was adorned/honored
• भूषितः: Kriya (Predicate, passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भूष् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग

• पुनः: again / thereafter
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्तिबोधक अव्यय (again/then)

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karana (Instrument/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ब्राह्मणाः: the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of ब्राह्मणाः)

• भूषणाच्छादनाशनैः: with ornaments, garments, and food
• भूषणाच्छादनाशनैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक) + आच्छादन (प्रातिपदिक) + अशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (भूषणं च आच्छादनं च अशनं च)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual voice within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense crowd that had shouted ‘Shame!’ now watches as the same person is re-adorned; the king distributes ornaments, garments, and food to brāhmaṇas, shifting the mood from condemnation to reconciliation.

Characters & Entities

• the king
• brāhmaṇas
• people/assembly

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Social condemnation does not end the dharmic requirement to honor the worthy; generosity to brāhmaṇas is presented as a stabilizing, merit-producing act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the Revā Khaṇḍa setting continues in the background.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving ornaments, clothing, and food to brāhmaṇas (a form of dāna and hospitality).