Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अभोज्यमेतत्सर्वेषां दर्शनात्तव सत्कृतम् । एवमेव तथेत्युक्त्वा देवदेवो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

abhojyametatsarveṣāṃ darśanāttava satkṛtam | evameva tathetyuktvā devadevo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

ഈ ഭോജനം ആരും ഭക്ഷിക്കേണ്ടതല്ല; നിന്റെ ദർശനമാത്രത്താൽ തന്നെ ഇത് പവിത്രവും സത്കൃതവുമാകുന്നു. ‘തഥാസ്തു—അങ്ങനെ തന്നേ’ എന്നു ദേവദേവൻ മഹേശ്വരൻ പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• अभोज्यम्: not fit to be eaten
• अभोज्यम्: Karma (Predicate-object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + भोज्य (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दर्शनात्: from (your) sight/seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• सत्कृतम्: honoured/respected
• सत्कृतम्: Karma (Predicate/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (उपपद) + कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तथा: so/accordingly
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative particle)

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

• देव-देवः: the god of gods
• देव-देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva) (deduced from verse: 'devadevo maheśvaraḥ')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva appears/declares; the rejected food and the despised guest are reinterpreted as sanctified; householders stunned as the divine voice settles the matter.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the divine (or a truly exalted being) sanctifies actions and offerings; reverence transforms ordinary acts into dharmic merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-kṣetra tradition (Narmadā/Revā region) within the Āvantya Khaṇḍa’s Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse underscores sanctification through darśana and proper honoring (satkāra).