Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तत्त्वं गेहानि चास्माकं पादचंक्रमणेन च । दर्शनाद्भोजनात्स्थानादस्माभिः सह पावय

Transliteration

tattvaṃ gehāni cāsmākaṃ pādacaṃkramaṇena ca | darśanādbhojanātsthānādasmābhiḥ saha pāvaya

Translation

Ainsi, purifie aussi nos demeures : par le pas de tes pieds en marchant ici, par ta seule vision, par l’acceptation de la nourriture, et par ton séjour parmi nous.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (that)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; युष्मद्-प्रत्यय (you)

• gehāni: houses, home(s)
• gehāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: geha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction): and

• asmākam: our
• asmākam: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; अस्मद्-प्रत्यय (of us/our)

• pāda-caṃkramaṇena: by walking (on foot)
• pāda-caṃkramaṇena: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + caṃkramaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; from √kram)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘पादेन चंक्रमणम्’ (walking with the feet/foot-walking)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय): and

• darśanāt: by (your) sight
• darśanāt: Hetu (Cause/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतु/कारणार्थे (by/from seeing)

• bhojanāt: by (your) eating/being fed
• bhojanāt: Hetu (Cause/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतु/कारणार्थे (by/from eating/feeding)

• sthānāt: by (your) staying
• sthānāt: Hetu (Cause/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतु/कारणार्थे (by/from staying/abiding)

• asmābhiḥ: by us / with us
• asmābhiḥ: Sahakari (Associate/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; अस्मद्-प्रत्यय (by us/with us)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह/सम्बन्धबोधक): with, together with

• pāvaya: purify
• pāvaya: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pū (पू धातु; causative √pāvay)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative) ‘पावय’ = purify (make pure)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (headed by Hārīta) addressing the Atithi

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The householders implore the brāhmaṇa-guest to purify their homes by walking within, granting sight, accepting their food, and staying with them.

Characters & Entities

• Atithi (guest)
• Gṛhastha homes (gehāni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is transmitted through presence: a saint’s footsteps, sight, meal-acceptance, and residence sanctify the household.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘home’ is treated as a sanctifiable sacred space through the atithi’s presence; no named tīrtha is specified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Receiving the guest properly—inviting him to enter, to be seen (darśana), to accept food, and to stay.