Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

जमदग्निरुवाच । देवतार्चनवेलायां त्वं मे गृहमुपागतः । मनोरथ इव ध्यातः सर्वदेवमयोऽतिथिः

Transliteration

jamadagniruvāca | devatārcanavelāyāṃ tvaṃ me gṛhamupāgataḥ | manoratha iva dhyātaḥ sarvadevamayo'tithiḥ

Translation

Jamadagni dit : «Tu es venu chez moi à l’heure même du culte rendu aux dieux—tel un vœu chéri, contemplé dans l’esprit. En tant qu’hôte, tu incarnes toutes les divinités.»

Word by Word

• जमदग्निः: Jamadagni
• जमदग्निः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जमदग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• देवतार्चनवेलायाम्: at the time of deity-worship
• देवतार्चनवेलायाम्: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक) + वेला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (देवतायाः अर्चनस्य वेला = “time of worship of the deities”)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic form

• गृहम्: house/home
• गृहम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उपागतः: arrived
• उपागतः: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम् (धातु) → उपागत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; “having come/arrived”

• मनोरथः: a cherished wish
• मनोरथः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• इव: like/as if
• इव: Upama (Comparison marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• ध्यातः: was contemplated
• ध्यातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु) → ध्यात (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; “thought of/meditated upon”

• सर्वदेवमयः: consisting of all the gods
• सर्वदेवमयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (सर्वदेवैः मयः = “consisting of all gods”)

• अतिथिः: guest
• अतिथिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Jamadagni

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Royal seer (rājarṣi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jamadagni, in the midst of deity worship, turns to welcome the arriving king, describing him as a wish fulfilled and as an embodiment of all gods; ritual items—fire, flowers, lamps—are visible.

Characters & Entities

• Jamadagni
• Devatāḥ (the gods)
• Atithi (guest)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The guest is to be revered as divine; receiving an atithi during worship-time is itself a sacred visitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a named tīrtha in this verse; the sanctity of the hermitage setting within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative is emphasized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devatā-arcana (worship of the gods) is referenced; the verse prescribes honoring the guest as part of sacred observance.