Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

स्वागतं ते महाभाग पीठेस्मिन्नुपविश्यताम् । नमस्ते मुनिनाथाय प्रियं ते करवाणि किम्

Transliteration

svāgataṃ te mahābhāga pīṭhesminnupaviśyatām | namaste munināthāya priyaṃ te karavāṇi kim

Translation

‘மகாபாகரே, வருக! இவ்வாசனத்தில் அமர்வீராக. முனிநாதரே, வணக்கம்—உமக்கு இன்பமளிக்க நான் என்ன செய்ய வேண்டும்?’

Word by Word

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Sambodhana (Greeting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-āgata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); आशीर्वाद/सम्बोधनप्रयोग (welcome!)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (Dative/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); अत्र चतुर्थी (to you)

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (mahān bhāgaḥ yasya), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पीठे: on the seat
• पीठे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्मिन्: on this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उपविश्यताम्: please sit down
• उपविश्यताम्: Kriyā (Imperative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√viś (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person; polite imperative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभूत)
• Form: निपातवत् प्रयोगः (indeclinable interjection), नमस्कारार्थ

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुनिनाथाय: to the lord of sages
• मुनिनाथाय: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni + nātha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (munīnāṃ nāthaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रियम्: what is pleasing
• प्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• करवाणि: may I do
• करवाणि: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); प्रश्नवाचक

Speaker

Śāradā (addressing the sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāradā greets the sage with folded hands, offers a seat (pīṭha), bows, and asks what service would please him; the sage sits composed, disciple nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Śāradā
• Naidhruva (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring a saintly guest with reverence, seating, and willingness to serve is a direct expression of dharma and a cause of future blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is mentioned; the focus is on atithi-dharma (guest-reverence).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The etiquette of welcome—greeting, offering a seat, and asking how to serve—forms part of traditional atithi-satkara.