Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 175

Devanagari script

आनयित्वा बटुं सद्यः संनिवेश्यः निजासने । अर्घ्यपाद्येन महताभ्यर्चयामास तं बटुम्

Transliteration

ānayitvā baṭuṃ sadyaḥ saṃniveśyaḥ nijāsane | arghyapādyena mahatābhyarcayāmāsa taṃ baṭum

Translation

Ayant aussitôt fait venir le jeune brahmacārin et l’ayant assis sur son propre siège, il rendit un culte à cet enfant avec une abondante offrande d’arghya et l’eau pour laver les pieds.

Word by Word

• आनयित्वा: having brought
• आनयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (Absolutive/Gerund), ‘having brought’

• बटुम्: the boy
• बटुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बटु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: ‘immediately’)

• संनिवेश्य: having seated
• संनिवेश्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + नि + विश् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष (Gerund), ‘having seated/placed’

• निजासने: on his own seat
• निजासने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—निजासने = निजे आसने (on his own seat)

• अर्घ्यपाद्येन: with arghya and pādya (ritual waters)
• अर्घ्यपाद्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः—अर्घ्यपाद्य (offering-water and foot-washing water)

• महतā: with great (honor)
• महतā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (context: qualifying the offering), तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘with great (honor)’

• अभ्यर्चयामास: worshipped, honored
• अभ्यर्चयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative nuance not intended here; ‘he worshipped’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• बटुम्: the boy
• बटुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बटु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (apposition to तम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/seekers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bali leads the youthful brahmacārin in, seats him on his own seat, and performs worship with abundant arghya and pādya; vessels gleam, attendants hold water pots, the brahmacārin remains serene.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Brahmacārin (Vāmana)
• Arghya
• Pādya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring guests with offerings and a seat is not social etiquette alone—it is worship that generates puṇya and pleases the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context frames this hospitality as part of Kedāra’s sacred culture and merit-bearing practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Atithi-pūjā with arghya (honor-offering) and pādya (water for washing feet), plus offering a seat.