Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

आतिथ्यधर्मप्रवणा धर्मशास्त्रविचक्षणाः । नित्यसाधुसमाचारा गृहस्थास्तस्य सर्वतः

Transliteration

ātithyadharmapravaṇā dharmaśāstravicakṣaṇāḥ | nityasādhusamācārā gṛhasthāstasya sarvataḥ

Translation

അവന്റെ രാജ്യത്ത് എല്ലായിടത്തും ഗൃഹസ്ഥർ അതിഥിധർമ്മത്തിൽ പ്രാവീണ്യമുള്ളവരായി, ധർമ്മശാസ്ത്രത്തിൽ നിപുണരായി, നിത്യം സദാചാരത്തിൽ സ്ഥിരരായി ജീവിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• ātithya-dharma-pravaṇāḥ: inclined to the duty of hospitality
• ātithya-dharma-pravaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātithya + dharma + pravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (आतिथ्यधर्मे प्रवणाः)

• dharma-śāstra-vicakṣaṇāḥ: skilled in dharma-śāstra
• dharma-śāstra-vicakṣaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharmaśāstra + vicakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (धर्मशास्त्रे विचक्षणाः)

• nitya-sādhu-samācārāḥ: of constantly good conduct
• nitya-sādhu-samācārāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nitya + sādhu + samācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (नित्यः साधुः समाचारः येषाम्)

• gṛhasthāḥ: householders
• gṛhasthāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛhastha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarvataḥ: everywhere, on all sides
• sarvataḥ: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय)
• Form: दिशावाचक/परिमाणवाचक अव्यय (adverb: from all sides/everywhere)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Householders welcoming travelers: a doorway scene with lamps, water for washing feet, offering food; sādhus and pilgrims seated; scriptures and dharma texts present; the city’s sacred ambience pervades.

Characters & Entities

• Divodāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hospitality and righteous household life are powerful forms of dharma that generate merit and harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s broader sacred region is honored by portraying a society shaped by dharma befitting a holy land.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hospitality to guests (ātithya) is implied as a daily dharmic observance.