Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

एकस्मिन् भोजिते विप्रे कोटिर्भवति भोजिता । आश्विने मासि सम्प्राप्ते शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दशीम्

Transliteration

ekasmin bhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā | āśvine māsi samprāpte śuklapakṣe caturdaśīm

Translation

เมื่อถวายภัตตาหารแก่พราหมณ์เพียงหนึ่งคน ก็มีผลบุญประหนึ่งได้เลี้ยงพราหมณ์ถึงหนึ่งโกฏิ ครั้นถึงเดือนอาศวิน ในวันจตุรทศีแห่งปักษ์สว่าง—กาลนี้ทรงประกาศว่าเป็นกาลอันยิ่งยวดสำหรับบุญนั้น

Word by Word

• एकस्मिन्: in one (case/instance)
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण (locative qualifier)

• भोजिते: when (he) has been fed / upon feeding
• भोजिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोजित (कृदन्त; √भुज्/भोज् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘भोजिते (सति)’—सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute sense)

• विप्रे: in/with regard to a Brahmin
• विप्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• कोटिः: a crore (ten million)
• कोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भोजिता: a feeder/host (one who feeds)
• भोजिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (agent noun)

• आश्विने: in (the month) Āśvina
• आश्विने: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘मासि’ इति विशेषण

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• सम्प्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• सम्प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √प्राप् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘सम्प्राप्ते (सति)’—सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध

• शुक्लपक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल+पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शुक्लः पक्षः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• चतुर्दशीम्: (on) the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दशीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कालवाचक (accusative of time)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Adhyāya context; later verse says “śivabhāṣitam”)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (specific spot implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverside tīrtha on Revā: a seated brāhmaṇa being respectfully served food by a householder; in the background, a calendar-like emblem marking Āśvina śukla caturdaśī, with lamps and a temple silhouette hinting at upcoming observance.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)
• Āśvina
• Śukla-pakṣa
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time magnifies sacred giving; even a small act done rightly gains vast merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse focuses on timing (Āśvina śukla caturdaśī) within the Māṇḍaveśvara/Māṇḍavya-Nārāyaṇa chapter context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vipra-bhojana on Āśvina month’s śukla-pakṣa caturdaśī is highlighted as especially meritorious.