Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

कृष्णोथ दृष्ट्वाऽगच्छंतं प्रत्युद्गम्य च नारदम् । मधुपर्केण संपूज्य स्वासने चोपवेशयत्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇotha dṛṣṭvā'gacchaṃtaṃ pratyudgamya ca nāradam | madhuparkeṇa saṃpūjya svāsane copaveśayat

Translation

ତାପରେ ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣ ନାରଦଙ୍କୁ ଆସୁଥିବା ଦେଖି ଆଗକୁ ବଢ଼ି ସ୍ୱାଗତ କଲେ; ମଧୁପର୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପୂଜା କରି ନିଜ ଆସନରେ ବସାଇଲେ।

Word by Word

• कृष्णः: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (particle: then/now)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having seen’

• आगच्छन्तम्: (him) coming
• आगच्छन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘coming’

• प्रत्युद्गम्य: having gone forth to meet
• प्रत्युद्गम्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-उद्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having gone out to meet’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• नारदम्: Nārada
• नारदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मधुपर्केण: with madhuparka (honey-mixture offering)
• मधुपर्केण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुपर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• संपूज्य: having honored
• संपूज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having duly honored’

• स्वासने: on his own seat
• स्वासने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• उपवेशयत्: seated (him), made (him) sit
• उपवेशयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘made sit’ (णिजन्त-प्रयोगार्थः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame audience of sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa rises and walks forward to greet Nārada; attendants bring madhuparka in a golden vessel; Kṛṣṇa offers his own seat, embodying reverence toward the sage.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Nārada
• Madhuparka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Atithi-dharma is sacred: even the Lord models reverent hospitality toward sages through welcome, worship, and offering a seat.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the setting, presented as Kṛṣṇa’s royal-sacred abode where dharma is enacted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Madhuparka-pūjā (the traditional guest-offering) and formal reception (pratyudgama, āsana-pradāna) are explicitly mentioned.