Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

गृहं गत्वा शुचिर्भूत्वा कामक्रोधविवर्जितः । आमंत्रयेद्यतीन्पश्चात्स्नातकान्ब्रह्मकर्मिणः

Transliteration

gṛhaṃ gatvā śucirbhūtvā kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ | āmaṃtrayedyatīnpaścātsnātakānbrahmakarmiṇaḥ

Translation

ເມື່ອກັບເຖິງເຮືອນ ແລ້ວເຮັດຕົນໃຫ້ບໍລິສຸດ ປະລະຄວາມປາຖະໜາ ແລະຄວາມໂກດ; ຈາກນັ້ນຄວນນິມົນຍະຕີ (ນັກບວດ) ກ່ອນ ແລ້ວຈຶ່ງນິມົນສນາຕະກະ (snātaka) ຜູ້ຕັ້ງມັ່ນໃນພຣະພິທີແຫ່ງພຣະພຣະຫມັນ।

Word by Word

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

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having gone’

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive), ‘having become’

• कामक्रोधविवर्जितः: free from desire and anger
• कामक्रोधविवर्जितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम-क्रोध-विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक; वि+√वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु) से ‘विवर्जित’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘कामं च क्रोधं च विवर्जितः’ = free from desire and anger; कर्तृविशेषणम्

• आमन्त्रयेत्: should invite
• आमन्त्रयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यतीन्: ascetics
• यतीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kala (Sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/कालवाचक-अव्यय (afterwards)

• स्नातकान्: graduates (who have completed Vedic study)
• स्नातकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• ब्रह्मकर्मिणः: engaged in Brahmanical duties
• ब्रह्मकर्मिणः: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्म-कर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; ‘ब्रह्मणि कर्म यस्य/येषां ते’ = engaged in sacred/Vedic duties; ‘स्नातकान्’ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan) implied by later verse address

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder returns from pilgrimage, bathes, dons clean white cloth, sits calmly, and respectfully invites saffron-clad yatis and Veda-bearing snātakas for śrāddha hospitality.

Characters & Entities

• Yatīs
• Snātakas
• Dvijas (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer ritual must be joined with inner discipline—purity and mastery over anger and desire qualify one to perform ancestral rites.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is named; the verse focuses on the performer’s conduct and proper invitation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintain purity and emotional restraint, then invite suitable recipients—first yatīs, then snātakas devoted to sacred duties.