Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तं भुक्तवंतमाचांतं पर्यंके सुखसंस्तरे । उपवेश्य मुदा युक्तौ तांबूलं प्रत्ययच्छताम्

Transliteration

taṃ bhuktavaṃtamācāṃtaṃ paryaṃke sukhasaṃstare | upaveśya mudā yuktau tāṃbūlaṃ pratyayacchatām

Translation

ครั้นท่านเสวยแล้วและทำอาจมนะเพื่อความบริสุทธิ์ เขาทั้งสองจึงเชิญให้นั่งบนตั่งที่ปูเครื่องนอนอันสบาย และถวายตัมบูละ (หมากพลู) ด้วยความยินดี

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• भुक्तवन्तम्: who had eaten
• भुक्तवन्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) → bhukta (क्त) + -vant (मतुप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्तवतु/मतुपर्थक कृदन्तः—‘having eaten’ (past active participle sense)

• आचान्तम्: who had sipped (water)
• आचान्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√cam (धातु) → ā-cānta (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः—‘having sipped (water)’

• पर्यङ्के: on the couch/bed
• पर्यङ्के: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paryaṅka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• सुखसंस्तरे: with comfortable bedding
• सुखसंस्तरे: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha + saṃstara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘पर्यङ्के’ इति विशेषणम्; समासः—सुखस्य संस्तरः (comfortable bedding)

• उपवेश्य: having seated (him)
• उपवेश्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√viś (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + ल्यप्
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्तः; णिजन्तः—‘having seated (him)’

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

• युक्तौ: the two (attendants), attentive
• युक्तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), द्विवचनम्; कर्तृपद-विशेषणम् (they two, being engaged/attentive)

• ताम्बूलम्: betel (leaf preparation)
• ताम्बूलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāmbūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• प्रत्ययच्छताम्: they offered/gave
• प्रत्ययच्छताम्: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√yam (धातु) + लङ्/लिट्? (textual)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, द्विवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; रूपम् ‘प्रत्ययच्छताम्’ = ‘प्रत्य-अयच्छताम्’ (they offered/gave)

Speaker

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

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The yogin, having eaten, performs ācāmana; the hosts seat him on a couch with soft bedding and offer a tray of betel leaves and spices with respectful joy.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣabha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is expressed through refined, respectful service—care for the guest’s comfort offered with sincerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named; the focus remains on atithi-sevā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ācamana after भोजन and the customary offering of tāmbūla as part of hospitality.