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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

एकस्मिन्भोजिते विप्रे कोटीर्भवति भोजिता । पञ्चस्थानेषु यः श्राद्धं कुरुते भक्तिमान्नरः

Transliteration

ekasminbhojite vipre koṭīrbhavati bhojitā | pañcasthāneṣu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute bhaktimānnaraḥ

Translation

Jika seorang brāhmaṇa sahaja dijamu, maka seolah-olah satu krore telah dijamu. Orang yang berbhakti, yang melaksanakan śrāddha di lima tempat suci, memperoleh pahala yang berlipat ganda demikian.

Word by Word
एकस्मिन्in one (case/place)
एकस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण: in one)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (masc/neut), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन (singular)
भोजितेwhen (a feeding) is done / upon feeding
भोजिते:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Root√भुज् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'भोजिते' = 'when (someone) is fed' / 'in the feeding'
विप्रेa brāhmaṇa
विप्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute participant/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन (singular)
कोटीःcrores
कोटीः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)
भवतिbecomes/is
भवति:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)
भोजिता(as) fed / (as) feeding accomplished
भोजिता:
Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Root√भुज् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे प्रयोग: 'feeding (is considered)'
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक (numeral), समासपूर्वपद
स्थानेषुin places
स्थानेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), बहुवचन (plural)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन
कुरुतेperforms
कुरुते:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
भक्तिमान्devout
भक्तिमान्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of naraḥ/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभक्ति + मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective): 'भक्तिः अस्य अस्ति'
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda/Revā pañca-sthāna (five places)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim feeds a single brāhmaṇa at a riverside pavilion; behind the brāhmaṇa appear countless luminous silhouettes symbolizing ‘a crore fed’; a map-like strip shows five marked sacred stations where śrāddha is performed.

Characters & Entities
B
Brāhmaṇa
Ś
Śrāddha
P
Pañca-sthāna (five sacred places—unnamed in this snippet)

FAQs

Devotional śrāddha and respectful feeding, performed at sanctified locations, yields magnified spiritual merit.

The verse sits within Śūlabheda-tīrtha māhātmya; it also references a set of “five sacred places” (pañca-sthāna) in the local pilgrimage circuit.

Brāhmaṇa-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas) and performing śrāddha at the pañca-sthānas with bhakti.

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