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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

एकस्मिन्भोजिते विप्रे कोटीर्भवति भोजिता । पञ्चस्थानेषु यः श्राद्धं कुरुते भक्तिमान्नरः

Transliteration

ekasminbhojite vipre koṭīrbhavati bhojitā | pañcasthāneṣu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute bhaktimānnaraḥ

Translation

Si l’on nourrit ne fût-ce qu’un seul brāhmaṇa, c’est comme si l’on en avait nourri un crore. L’homme dévot qui accomplit le śrāddha en cinq lieux sacrés obtient un tel mérite démultiplié.

Word by Word
एकस्मिन्in one (case/place)
एकस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण: in one)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (masc/neut), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन (singular)
भोजितेwhen (a feeding) is done / upon feeding
भोजिते:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Root√भुज् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'भोजिते' = 'when (someone) is fed' / 'in the feeding'
विप्रेa brāhmaṇa
विप्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute participant/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन (singular)
कोटीःcrores
कोटीः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)
भवतिbecomes/is
भवति:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)
भोजिता(as) fed / (as) feeding accomplished
भोजिता:
Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Root√भुज् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे प्रयोग: 'feeding (is considered)'
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक (numeral), समासपूर्वपद
स्थानेषुin places
स्थानेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), बहुवचन (plural)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन
कुरुतेperforms
कुरुते:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
भक्तिमान्devout
भक्तिमान्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of naraḥ/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभक्ति + मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective): 'भक्तिः अस्य अस्ति'
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda/Revā pañca-sthāna (five places)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim feeds a single brāhmaṇa at a riverside pavilion; behind the brāhmaṇa appear countless luminous silhouettes symbolizing ‘a crore fed’; a map-like strip shows five marked sacred stations where śrāddha is performed.

Characters & Entities
B
Brāhmaṇa
Ś
Śrāddha
P
Pañca-sthāna (five sacred places—unnamed in this snippet)

FAQs

Devotional śrāddha and respectful feeding, performed at sanctified locations, yields magnified spiritual merit.

The verse sits within Śūlabheda-tīrtha māhātmya; it also references a set of “five sacred places” (pañca-sthāna) in the local pilgrimage circuit.

Brāhmaṇa-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas) and performing śrāddha at the pañca-sthānas with bhakti.

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