Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ततस्तु वैश्वदेवांते वेदोच्चारपरायणः । प्रोवाच सोऽतिथिः प्राप्तस्तवाहं मुनिसत्तम

Transliteration

tatastu vaiśvadevāṃte vedoccāraparāyaṇaḥ | provāca so'tithiḥ prāptastavāhaṃ munisattama

Translation

പിന്നീട് വൈശ്വദേവകർമ്മത്തിന്റെ അവസാനം, വേദോച്ചാരണത്തിൽ പരായണനായ ആ അതിഥി പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ മുനിസത്തമാ, ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളുടെ അതിഥിയായി വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു।”

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘thereafter’

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle) = ‘but/indeed’

• वैश्वदेव-अन्ते: at the end of the Vaiśvadeva (rite)
• वैश्वदेव-अन्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्वदेव + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘वैश्वदेवस्य अन्ते’ (at the end of the vaiśvadeva rite)

• वेद-उच्चार-परायणः: devoted to Vedic recitation
• वेद-उच्चार-परायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + उच्चार + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अतिथिः इति)

• प्रोवाच: said; spoke forth
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• अतिथिः: guest
• अतिथिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: arrived
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘arrived’

• तव: to you; your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of you/your’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘I’

• मुनिसत्तम: O best of sages
• मुनिसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘श्रेष्ठो मुनिः’ इति संबोधनम्

Speaker

Narrator (implied, continuing the story-context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastya-āśrama (within Cāmatkārapura)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the close of Vaiśvadeva, a Veda-chanting brāhmaṇa-guest stands before Agastya and formally announces himself as an atithi.

Characters & Entities

• Atithi (guest)
• Vaiśvadeva
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A householder’s worship is completed and sanctified by honoring a guest, especially one devoted to Vedic discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narrative setting; this particular line emphasizes dharma (hospitality and ritual completion) more than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The Vaiśvadeva rite is referenced, indicating daily offerings and the completion of household worship before receiving the guest.