Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

स्वागतार्घ्यनमस्कारैर्गंधपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः । उपचारैः समभ्यर्च्य भोजयामासतुर्मुदा

Transliteration

svāgatārghyanamaskārairgaṃdhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ | upacāraiḥ samabhyarcya bhojayāmāsaturmudā

Translation

స్వాగతము, అర్ఘ్యము, నమస్కారములతో పాటు గంధము, పుష్పము, అక్షతములు మొదలైన ఉపచారాలతో సమ్యక్గా అర్చించి, ఆనందముతో ఆయనకు భోజనము పెట్టారు।

Word by Word

• स्वागतार्घ्यनमस्कारैः: with welcomes, offerings, and salutations
• स्वागतार्घ्यनमस्कारैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāgata + arghya + namaskāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (welcome, offering, salutations)

• गन्धपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः: with perfumes, flowers, rice, etc.
• गन्धपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha + puṣpa + akṣata + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; समासः—गन्ध-पुष्प-अक्षत-आदि-भिः (with perfumes, flowers, unbroken rice, etc.)

• उपचारैः: with services/attendances
• उपचारैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upacāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-abhi-√arc (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्तः (Gerund); ‘having duly worshipped’

• भोजयामासतुः: they fed (him)
• भोजयामासतुः: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) णिच् (causative) + लिट्
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, द्विवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; णिजन्तः (causative)

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karaṇa (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्; भावे ‘with joy’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The hosts perform a full welcome: offering arghya, bowing, presenting fragrance, flowers, and akṣata; then they serve a meal to the honored yogin, all with visible joy.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣabha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Joyful hospitality—honor and food offered to the holy—becomes a powerful act of dharma and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly praised; the verse glorifies the dharma of worship and feeding of an atithi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Atithi-pūjā with arghya, namaskāra, gandha, puṣpa, akṣata, and bhojana (feeding/anna-dāna).