Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

एवं स्तुत्वा च देवेशं दानवान्तकरं हरिम् । पुनरुक्तेन वै स्नात्वा ततो विप्रांस्तु भोजयेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ stutvā ca deveśaṃ dānavāntakaraṃ harim | punaruktena vai snātvā tato viprāṃstu bhojayet

Translation

Demikianlah setelah memuji Dewa para dewa, Hari sang pemusnah Dānava, hendaknya ia mandi kembali dengan japa yang ditetapkan, lalu menjamu para brāhmaṇa dengan santapan suci.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• देवेशम्: Lord of gods
• देवेशम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशः)

• दानवान्तकरम्: destroyer of demons
• दानवान्तकरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दानव-अन्त-कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष

• हरिम्: Hari
• हरिम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पुनरुक्तेन: with the punarukta (recitation)
• पुनरुक्तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुनरुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; अवधारणार्थ

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरवाचक

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Nipāta (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• भोजयेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; प्रेरणार्थक

Speaker

Narratorial/Instructional voice within Revākhaṇḍa (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic ‘two-panel’ depiction: first, stuti to Hari at the river; second, re-snāna with mantra; third, brāhmaṇas being fed—showing the canonical closure repeated for emphasis.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Dānavas
• Vipras (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion at a tīrtha is to be sealed with dharma—purification and charitable hospitality to brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha sphere is the implied locus of the rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeat-recitation bathing (punarukta-snāna) followed by vipra-bhojana.