Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा भक्तिमास्थाय कृत्वा पादावनेजनम् । वीजयित्वा परिश्रांतं तं मुनिं पर्यतोषयत्

Transliteration

ityuktvā bhaktimāsthāya kṛtvā pādāvanejanam | vījayitvā pariśrāṃtaṃ taṃ muniṃ paryatoṣayat

Translation

असे बोलून तिने भक्तीचा आश्रय घेतला, मुनिंचे चरण प्रक्षाळिले। मग थकलेल्या मुनिला वारा घालून आपल्या सेवेनें पूर्ण तृप्त केले।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle) — ‘thus’ इति-प्रयोगः

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having said’

• bhaktim: devotion
• bhaktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• āsthāya: having adopted
• āsthāya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sthā (स्था धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — ‘having resorted to/assuming’

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — ‘having done’

• pāda-avanejanam: washing of the feet
• pāda-avanejanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (पाद प्रातिपदिक) + avanejana (अवनेजन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पादानाम् अवनेजनम्)

• vījayitvā: having fanned
• vījayitvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vīj (वीज् धातु, ‘to fan’) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — ‘having fanned’

• pariśrāntam: weary
• pariśrāntam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-śrānta (परिश्रान्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative Singular); विशेषणम्

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• munim: sage
• munim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (मुनि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• paryatoṣayat: satisfied
• paryatoṣayat: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√tuṣ (तुष् धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘(he) satisfied’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted woman bows and washes the feet of a weary, blind sage; a small water vessel and towel are present; the sage sits calmly, soothed by her reverent attention.

Characters & Entities

• Śāradā
• Naidhruva (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service to the righteous—especially to weary travelers and sages—becomes worship and yields spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is identified; the verse glorifies the ‘tīrtha-like’ sanctity of saintly presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāda-prakṣālana (washing the guest’s feet) and respectful fanning as part of atithi-satkara.