Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा भोजयेद्ब्राह्मणाञ्छुचिः । एकस्मिन्भोजिते विप्रे कोटिर्भवति भोजिता

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā bhojayedbrāhmaṇāñchuciḥ | ekasminbhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ശുദ്ധനായി ബ്രാഹ്മണർക്കു ഭോജനമർപ്പിച്ചാൽ—അവിടെ ഒരു പണ്ഡിത ബ്രാഹ്മണനെ ഭോജിപ്പിച്ചതുമാത്രം ഒരു കോടി പേരെ ഭോജിപ്പിച്ചതുപോലെ ഫലം നൽകുന്നു॥

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक-निपात

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकः (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• भोजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative: to cause to eat/feed)

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• शुचिः: pure, clean
• शुचिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यः)

• एकस्मिन्: in/when one (is)
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भोजिते)

• भोजिते: when (a) feeding is done / when (one) is fed
• भोजिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) प्रयोगे सप्तमी-एकवचन (locative absolute), पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘भोजिते (सति)’

• विप्रे: in the case of a Brahmin
• विप्रे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute complement)

• कोटिः: a crore (ten million)
• कोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भोजिता: fed (as merit/result)
• भोजिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim freshly bathed at the ford offers a meal to a learned brāhmaṇa; behind them, a subtle cosmic visualization shows countless brāhmaṇas being fed, indicating koṭi-phala.

Characters & Entities

• Koṭitīrtha
• Brāhmaṇas
• Vipra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity offered with purity at a sanctified place multiplies in merit; intention and sacred context elevate a simple act into great dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha (within Revā Khaṇḍa), where merit is said to be magnified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha followed by brāhmaṇa-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas) while maintaining śauca (purity).