Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31
Devanagari script
उपेत्य राजसदनं सोमवारे द्विजोत्तमैः । सपत्नीकैः कृतातिथ्यौ धौतपादौ बभूवतुः
Transliteration
upetya rājasadanaṃ somavāre dvijottamaiḥ | sapatnīkaiḥ kṛtātithyau dhautapādau babhūvatuḥ
Translation
月曜日に王宮へ到着すると、卓越したバラモンたちが妻とともに礼を尽くしてもてなし、足を洗い清めて、二人を尊き客として正しく敬った。
Word by Word
उपेत्यhaving approached
उपेत्य:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप-इ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः; उपसर्गः उप + धातुः इ; अर्थे ‘गत्वा/प्राप्य’
राजसदनम्the royal residence
राजसदनम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् + सदन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (राज्ञः सदनम्)
सोमवारेon Monday
सोमवारे:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative of time)
TypeNoun
Rootसोमवार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणम्
द्विजोत्तमैःby/with the best Brahmins
द्विजोत्तमैः:
Sahakārī/Instrument (Association)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘उत्तमाः द्विजाः’
सपत्नीकैःtogether with their wives
सपत्नीकैः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of द्विजोत्तमैः)
TypeAdjective
Rootस + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘पत्नी सहिताः’ (having wives)
कृतातिथ्यौhaving been duly received as guests
कृतातिथ्यौ:
Karta (Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत + आतिथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; कृत-आतिथ्य (आतिथ्यं कृतम्) इति तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः; ‘hospitality-performed’
धौतपादौwith feet washed
धौतपादौ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of कृतातिथ्यौ)
TypeAdjective
Rootधौत + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः ‘धौतौ पादौ यस्य’ (feet washed)
बभूवतुःbecame / were
बभूवतुः:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker
Narrator
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A royal hall on Somavāra: eminent brāhmaṇas with their wives receive two guests; attendants pour water to wash the guests’ feet; the atmosphere is orderly, reverent, and ritual-like.
Characters & Entities
R
rājasadana (royal residence)D
dvijottamāḥ (chief brāhmaṇas)S
somavāra (Monday)FAQs
Atithi-dharma: honoring guests—especially brāhmaṇas—through welcome and foot-washing is upheld as a meritorious duty.
No tīrtha is specified; the setting is a royal residence within the narrative.
Guest-honor practices: hospitality and washing the feet (pāda-dhautya/pāda-prakṣālana).