Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

त्वद्गृहे कर्तुमिच्छामि ह्येभिः सह सुसंस्कृतम् । ततस्तं ब्रह्माणं दृष्ट्वा यजमानसमन्विताः

Transliteration

tvadgṛhe kartumicchāmi hyebhiḥ saha susaṃskṛtam | tatastaṃ brahmāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā yajamānasamanvitāḥ

Translation

ഞാൻ ഇവരോടൊപ്പം നിന്റെ ഗൃഹത്തിൽ സുസംസ്കൃതമായ ഭോജനം ചെയ്യാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു. അപ്പോൾ ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണനെ കണ്ട യജമാനഭാവമുള്ള ഗൃഹസ്ഥർ അതനുസരിച്ച് പ്രതികരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular)

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (Infinitive), क्रियार्थ (purpose)

• इच्छामि: I desire
• इच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-सूचक

• एभिः: with these
• एभिः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय (prepositional indeclinable), सहार्थक

• सुसंस्कृतम्: well-prepared/well-performed
• सुसंस्कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + संस्कृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), क्रम/अनन्तर (thereupon)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• यजमान-समन्विताः: accompanied by the sacrificer(s)
• यजमान-समन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembly of sages (e.g., Śaunaka’s circle)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble householder setting; a strange brāhmaṇa-guest requests a carefully prepared meal; householders gather with ritual intent, tension visible in their faces.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Yajamāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual status (as yajamāna) is tested by real-world compassion; dharma is proven by conduct, not labels.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse continues the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative set along the Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reference to su-saṃskṛta bhojana (properly prepared meal) and the yajamāna context (ritual patronage).