Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

प्रविष्टो राजसदनं यत्र राजा स भीष्मकः । तं दृष्ट्वा चागतं गेहे पूजयामास भूपतिः

Transliteration

praviṣṭo rājasadanaṃ yatra rājā sa bhīṣmakaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā cāgataṃ gehe pūjayāmāsa bhūpatiḥ

Translation

เขาเข้าไปยังพระราชวังที่พระราชาภีษมกประทับอยู่ ครั้นพระราชาทอดพระเนตรเห็นเขามาถึงเรือน ก็ทรงต้อนรับบูชาด้วยความเคารพสมควร

Word by Word

• प्रविष्टः: having entered
• प्रविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु) → प्रविष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; past passive participle used predicatively

• राजसदनम्: the royal palace
• राजसदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (राज्ञः सदनम्)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where')

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भीष्मकः: Bhīṣmaka
• भीष्मकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययभाव-क्त्वा (gerund), 'having seen'

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

• आगतम्: who had come
• आगतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; qualifies 'tam'

• गेहे: in the house
• गेहे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• पूजयामास: honoured / worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; periphrastic perfect sense 'honoured'

• भूपतिः: the king (lord of the earth)
• भूपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-maṇḍala (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified king (Bhīṣmaka) in a jeweled palace receives an arriving monarch/guest with formal reverence; attendants, lamps, and courtly decor emphasize dharmic hospitality.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣmaka
• Damaghoṣa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring a guest—especially a worthy visitor—is dharma; royal conduct models atithi-satkāra as a sacred duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the scene is set within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hospitality (pūjā/satkāra) to an arriving guest is implied as the righteous practice.