Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तुष्टेऽतिथौ गृहस्थस्य तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः । विमुखे विमुखाः सर्वा भवंति च न संशयः

Transliteration

tuṣṭe'tithau gṛhasthasya tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ | vimukhe vimukhāḥ sarvā bhavaṃti ca na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Quand l’hôte du maître de maison est satisfait, tous les dieux le sont aussi. Quand l’hôte se détourne, mécontent, toutes les divinités se détournent également—sans aucun doute.

Word by Word

• tuṣṭe: when (the guest) is pleased
• tuṣṭe: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (तुष् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: तुष्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; (atithau इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• atithau: in/with the guest
• atithau: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atithi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• gṛhasthasya: of the householder
• gṛhasthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛhastha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• tuṣṭāḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (तुष् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन; (sarvadevatāḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• syuḥ: would be; become
• syuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• sarva-devatāḥ: all the deities
• sarva-devatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाः देवताः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन

• vimukhe: when (the guest) is averse/displeased
• vimukhe: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-mukhá (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; (atithau इत्यस्य विशेषणम्, ‘when the guest is displeased/averse’)

• vimukhāḥ: averse; displeased
• vimukhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन; (sarvāḥ [devatāḥ] इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन; (devatāḥ इति अध्याहार्यम्)

• bhavanti: become; are
• bhavanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• na: no; not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration; likely Sūta speaking to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder welcomes a weary traveler-sage; as the guest is fed and honored, subtle divine forms (devas) appear pleased in the background; in the alternate vignette, a displeased guest departs and the shrine lamps dim.

Characters & Entities

• Atithi
• Sarva-devatāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving and satisfying a guest is equivalent to pleasing the gods; neglecting a guest blocks divine favour.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as dharma-teaching within the Tīrthamāhātmya context rather than naming a single tirtha in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is guest-satisfaction (atithi-satkāra) as a religious duty of the householder.