Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

बह्वन्नपान संयुक्तं सूपशाकादिसंयुतम् । आतिथ्यं कल्पयामास तृप्तयेऽर्थिजनस्य वै

Transliteration

bahvannapāna saṃyuktaṃ sūpaśākādisaṃyutam | ātithyaṃ kalpayāmāsa tṛptaye'rthijanasya vai

Translation

พระองค์ทรงจัดการต้อนรับด้วยอาหารและน้ำดื่มอุดม พร้อมทั้งแกงน้ำ ซุป ผักและสิ่งอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้หมู่ชนผู้มาขอได้อิ่มเอมโดยแท้

Word by Word

• बह्वन्नपान: (with) much food and drink
• बह्वन्नपान: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + अन्न + पान (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular; द्वन्द्व-समास (food and drink) with बहु- (much) as qualifier; विशेषणम्

• संयुक्तम्: provided/combined
• संयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयुक्त (कृदन्त; √युज् (धातु) + क्त, उपसर्ग सं-)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — agreeing with आतिथ्यम्; विशेषणम्

• सूपशाकादिसंयुतम्: accompanied by soups, vegetables, etc.
• सूपशाकादिसंयुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूप + शाक + आदि + संयुक्त (कृदन्त; √युज् + क्त, सं-)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — agreeing with आतिथ्यम्; (सूप-शाक-आदि)-समाहार-तत्पुरुष + संयुक्त; विशेषणम्

• आतिथ्यम्: hospitality
• आतिथ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आतिथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular

• कल्पयामास: arranged/made ready
• कल्पयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप् (धातु) (causative/णिच्: कल्पय-)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) — ‘caused to be arranged’

• तृप्तये: for satisfaction
• तृप्तये: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन — dative singular; प्रयोजनार्थे

• अर्थिजनस्य: of the group of supplicants
• अर्थिजनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थि + जन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (people of supplicants)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: narrative praise)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Long serving lines with vessels of water and food; bowls of soup, heaps of vegetables, grains; recipients seated and visibly satisfied; orderly, clean distribution.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hospitality is dharma when it is practical and fulfilling—meeting real needs with abundance and care.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit site is named; this is a dharma-focused passage embedded in Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ātithya and annadāna—providing complete nourishment (food, drink, accompaniments) to visitors and supplicants.