Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । भानुमती द्विजान्भोज्य बुभुजे भुक्तशेषतः । भुक्त्वा सुसुखमास्थाय तदन्नं परिणाम्य च

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | bhānumatī dvijānbhojya bubhuje bhuktaśeṣataḥ | bhuktvā susukhamāsthāya tadannaṃ pariṇāmya ca

Translation

ઈશ્વરે કહ્યું—ભાનુમતીએ દ્વિજોને ભોજન કરાવી બાકી રહેલું અન્ન ગ્રહણ કર્યું. ભોજન પછી તે પરમ સુખથી આરામે બેઠી અને અન્નનું પાચન સારી રીતે થયું.

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (the Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भानुमती: Bhānumatī
• भानुमती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• भोज्य: having fed
• भोज्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रेरणार्थे; ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष कृदन्त (absolutive sense) ‘भोजयित्वा’ = having fed

• बुभुजे: ate/enjoyed
• बुभुजे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भुक्तशेषतः: from the leftovers/after what remained
• भुक्तशेषतः: Adverbial (Source/Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भुक्त + शेष + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘भुक्तशेष’ = eaten-remnant; ‘from/after the remainder’

• भुक्त्वा: having eaten
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive)

• सुसुखम्: very comfortably
• सुसुखम्: Adverbial (Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (very comfortably)

• आस्थाय: having sat down/settled
• आस्थाय: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (ल्यप्) अव्यय; ‘having sat/settled’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘that’ (qualifying anna)

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• परिणाम्य: having digested
• परिणाम्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (ल्यप्) अव्यय; ‘having digested/assimilated’

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhānumatī respectfully feeds brāhmaṇas, then eats the remaining sanctified food and rests peacefully as the meal settles.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Bhānumatī
• dvija (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity begins with honoring the worthy; feeding brāhmaṇas and then partaking of the remainder is portrayed as orderly, dharmic living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Revā Khaṇḍa’s devotional narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dvija-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas) as a dharmic act associated with vrata/puṇya-making.