Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

भक्ष्यभोज्यैश्च विविधैः कामपानादिभिस्तथा । तृप्ता देवाश्च मुनयो भूतग्रामाश्चतुर्दश

Transliteration

bhakṣyabhojyaiśca vividhaiḥ kāmapānādibhistathā | tṛptā devāśca munayo bhūtagrāmāścaturdaśa

Translation

பலவகை உண்ணுதற்கும் சுவைக்குமுமான உணவுகளாலும் விரும்பிய பானங்களாலும் தேவர்களும் முனிவர்களும் திருப்தியடைந்தனர்; பதினான்கு பூதக் கூட்டங்களும் நிறைந்தன॥

Word by Word

• भक्ष्यभोज्यैः: with eatables and foods
• भक्ष्यभोज्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + भोज्य (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (भक्ष्यं च भोज्यं च)

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

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण (भक्ष्यभोज्यैः)

• कामपानादिभिः: with drinks etc. (desired beverages and the like)
• कामपानादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + पान (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/समाहारार्थक: कामपानाः आदयः येषां तैः

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तृप्ताः: satisfied
• तृप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप्त (कृदन्त; √तृप् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) विशेषण

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

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

• मुनयः: the sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• भूतग्रामाः: the hosts of beings
• भूतग्रामाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भूतानां ग्रामाः

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्याशब्द/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; विशेषण (भूतग्रामाः) — ‘fourteen’ (द्विगु-समास: चत्वारः+दश)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast feast at the yajña: attendants distribute diverse foods and desired drinks; devas and munis sit in orderly rows; representatives of many beings—visible and subtle—appear pacified and content around the sacred enclosure.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma at a tīrtha includes generous provision—sacred rites are accompanied by nourishment that pleases gods, sages, and all orders of beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the yajña’s hospitality reaches a cosmic scale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal injunction, but the verse implicitly praises the yajña-associated duty of feeding and offering abundantly.