Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

प्रतिदिनं तदा देवा भोजयंति स्म वाडवान् । एवं वर्षसहस्रं वै कृत्वा यज्ञं तदामराः

Transliteration

pratidinaṃ tadā devā bhojayaṃti sma vāḍavān | evaṃ varṣasahasraṃ vai kṛtvā yajñaṃ tadāmarāḥ

Translation

Alors, chaque jour, les devas nourrissaient les vāḍavas. Ainsi, durant mille ans, les Immortels accomplirent ce sacrifice (yajña).

Word by Word

• प्रति-दिनम्: every day
• प्रति-दिनम्: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भोजयन्ति: feed
• भोजयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भोजय (णिच् causative stem) from √भुज्/√भोज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्म: indeed; (used to mark past habitual)
• स्म: Kriya-anubandha (Verbal particle/क्रियानुबन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: स्म-प्रयोगः (particle indicating past/continuative sense with present form)

• वाडवान्: Vāḍavas (a group/people)
• वाडवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• वर्ष-सहस्रम्: a thousand years
• वर्ष-सहस्रम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time span/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (or प्रथमा) एकवचन; ‘वर्षाणां सहस्रम्’ (a thousand years)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय/पादपूरण (emphatic particle)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having done)

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice; ritual
• यज्ञम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• अमराः: the immortals (gods)
• अमराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supernatural daily rite: devas appear in luminous forms, distributing food to vāḍavas; a sacrificial arena persists through ages, with an unbroken fire and cyclical offerings—time compressed into a thousand-year continuity.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Vāḍavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained through steady, long-term sacrificial discipline—daily service over vast spans of time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya’s sanctity is reinforced as the arena where devas themselves maintain yajña and service.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous yajña supported by daily feeding (bhojana) as an integral component of the rite.