Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

भूतं भव्यं तथेष्टं च पार्वणं च ततः परम्

Transliteration

bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ tatheṣṭaṃ ca pārvaṇaṃ ca tataḥ param

Translation

ତାପରେ ଭୂତଯଜ୍ଞ, ଭବ୍ୟହୋମ, ଇଷ୍ଟିଯାଗ ଏବଂ ତଦନନ୍ତରେ ପାର୍ବଣ ବିଧି ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• bhūtam: the past / what has been
• bhūtam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (कृदन्त; √bhū)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूत-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used substantively)

• bhavyam: the future / what will be
• bhavyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavya (प्रातिपदिक; √bhū से निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भाविवाचक

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• iṣṭam: the desired (rite/oblation)
• iṣṭam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṣṭa (कृदन्त; √yaj/√iṣ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (desired/offerings; used substantively)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• pārvaṇam: the parvan rite (fortnightly)
• pārvaṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; parvan-सम्बन्धि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; पर्वणि भवम् (taddhita)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक

• param: next
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder at dusk placing small food offerings at thresholds (bhūta-bali), then a homa for iṣṭi, and a lunar-calendar scene indicating pārvaṇa day with offerings to ancestors.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūtas (beings/spirits)
• Pitṛs (implied in pārvaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes harmonizing obligations—toward unseen beings, auspicious rites, sacrificial worship, and ancestral observances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā sphere), but the verse focuses on ritual categories rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It lists bhūta-offerings (bhūta-bali), bhavya offerings, iṣṭi rites, and the pārvaṇa (parvan-day) śrāddha.