Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

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

Translation

ครั้นสรรเสริญพระเป็นเจ้าเหนือเทพทั้งปวง คือพระหริผู้ทำลายทานวะแล้ว พึงอาบน้ำอีกครั้งด้วยการสวดตามกำหนด แล้วจึงถวายภัตตาหารแก่พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having praised)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• देवेशम्: the Lord of gods
• देवेशम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (देवानाम् ईशः)

• दानवान्तकरम्: destroyer of demons
• दानवान्तकरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दानव-अन्त-कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (दानवानाम् अन्तं करोति)

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुनरुक्तेन: with the punarukta (recitation/mantra)
• पुनरुक्तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुनरुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; साधन/उपायवाचक (by the ‘punarukta’ mantra/recitation)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; अवधारण/खलु-अर्थ (emphatic particle)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरवाचक (then/thereafter)

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तु: indeed/then
• तु: Nipāta (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; विरोध/विशेषार्थ (but/indeed)

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• भोजयेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; प्रेरणार्थक-प्रयोग (should cause to eat/feed)

Speaker

Narratorial/Instructional voice within Revākhaṇḍa (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (generic, as implied by Revākhaṇḍa context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim on the riverbank completes a hymn to Hari, re-enters the sacred waters with mantra on lips, then returns to a shaded pavilion where brāhmaṇas are respectfully seated for a meal offering.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Dānavas
• Vipras (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage devotion is completed by dharmic action—purifying bath, reverent recitation, and charitable feeding of brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha setting of the Revākhaṇḍa is implied as the place where the bathing and rites are performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praise of Hari, followed by a prescribed/repeated recitation during bathing (snāna), and then vipra-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas).