Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

एकस्मिन् भोजिते विप्रे कोटिर्भवति भोजिता । आश्विने मासि सम्प्राप्ते शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दशीम्

Transliteration

ekasmin bhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā | āśvine māsi samprāpte śuklapakṣe caturdaśīm

Translation

ഒരു ബ്രാഹ്മണനെ ഭോജനിപ്പിച്ചാൽ പോലും, അത് കോടി ബ്രാഹ്മണരെ ഭോജനിപ്പിച്ചതിന് തുല്യമായ ഫലം നൽകുന്നു. ആശ്വിന മാസത്തിൽ, ശുക്ലപക്ഷത്തിലെ ചതുര്ദശി തിഥി വന്നാൽ—ഈ സമയം അത്തരം പുണ്യത്തിന് പരമ പ്രഭാവമുള്ളതെന്ന് പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• एकस्मिन्: in one (case/instance)
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण (locative qualifier)

• भोजिते: when (he) has been fed / upon feeding
• भोजिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोजित (कृदन्त; √भुज्/भोज् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘भोजिते (सति)’—सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute sense)

• विप्रे: in/with regard to a Brahmin
• विप्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

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

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

• भोजिता: a feeder/host (one who feeds)
• भोजिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (agent noun)

• आश्विने: in (the month) Āśvina
• आश्विने: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘मासि’ इति विशेषण

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• सम्प्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• सम्प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √प्राप् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘सम्प्राप्ते (सति)’—सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध

• शुक्लपक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल+पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शुक्लः पक्षः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• चतुर्दशीम्: (on) the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दशीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कालवाचक (accusative of time)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Adhyāya context; later verse says “śivabhāṣitam”)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (specific spot implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverside tīrtha on Revā: a seated brāhmaṇa being respectfully served food by a householder; in the background, a calendar-like emblem marking Āśvina śukla caturdaśī, with lamps and a temple silhouette hinting at upcoming observance.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)
• Āśvina
• Śukla-pakṣa
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time magnifies sacred giving; even a small act done rightly gains vast merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse focuses on timing (Āśvina śukla caturdaśī) within the Māṇḍaveśvara/Māṇḍavya-Nārāyaṇa chapter context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vipra-bhojana on Āśvina month’s śukla-pakṣa caturdaśī is highlighted as especially meritorious.