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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100

एवं स्तुत्वा च देवेशं दानवान्तकरं हरिम् । पुनरुक्तेन वै स्नात्वा ततो विप्रांस्तु भोजयेत्

evaṃ stutvā ca deveśaṃ dānavāntakaraṃ harim | punaruktena vai snātvā tato viprāṃstu bhojayet

ครั้นสรรเสริญพระเป็นเจ้าเหนือเทพทั้งปวง คือพระหริผู้ทำลายทานวะแล้ว พึงอาบน้ำอีกครั้งด้วยการสวดตามกำหนด แล้วจึงถวายภัตตาหารแก่พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย

एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
स्तुत्वाhaving praised
स्तुत्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
and
:
Samuccaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक निपात
देवेशम्Lord of gods
देवेशम्:
Karman (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशः)
दानवान्तकरम्destroyer of demons
दानवान्तकरम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootदानव-अन्त-कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष
हरिम्Hari
हरिम्:
Karman (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन
पुनरुक्तेनwith the punarukta (recitation)
पुनरुक्तेन:
Karaṇa (Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootपुनरुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन
वैindeed
वै:
Nipāta (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात; अवधारणार्थ
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनन्तरवाचक
विप्रान्Brahmins
विप्रान्:
Karman (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन
तुthen/indeed
तु:
Nipāta (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात
भोजयेत्should feed
भोजयेत्:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; प्रेरणार्थक

Narratorial/Instructional voice within Revākhaṇḍa (deduced)

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Scene: A didactic ‘two-panel’ depiction: first, stuti to Hari at the river; second, re-snāna with mantra; third, brāhmaṇas being fed—showing the canonical closure repeated for emphasis.

H
Hari (Viṣṇu)
D
Dānavas
V
Vipras (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

Devotion at a tīrtha is to be sealed with dharma—purification and charitable hospitality to brāhmaṇas.

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha sphere is the implied locus of the rite.

Repeat-recitation bathing (punarukta-snāna) followed by vipra-bhojana.