Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

खाद्यैः सर्वैस्तथा लेह्यैश्चोष्यैः पेयैः पृथविधैः । कुरुष्व तृप्तिपर्यन्तं ससैन्यस्य महीपतेः । अश्वानां च गजानां च घासादिभिर्यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

khādyaiḥ sarvaistathā lehyaiścoṣyaiḥ peyaiḥ pṛthavidhaiḥ | kuruṣva tṛptiparyantaṃ sasainyasya mahīpateḥ | aśvānāṃ ca gajānāṃ ca ghāsādibhiryathākramam

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาบพิตร จงจัดอาหารทุกชนิด ทั้งของกินแข็ง ของหวานที่เลียได้ ของที่ดูดได้ และเครื่องดื่มนานาประการ ให้พระราชาพร้อมกองทัพอิ่มเอมจนเต็มที่; และสำหรับม้าและช้างก็จงจัดหาหญ้าและอาหารสัตว์อื่น ๆ ตามลำดับให้ครบถ้วน

Word by Word

• खाद्यैः: with foods (edibles)
• खाद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खाद्य (प्रातिपदिक; √खाद् धातु से निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (agreeing with खाद्यैः आदि)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• लेह्यैः: with lickables (confections)
• लेह्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लेह्य (प्रातिपदिक; √लिह् धातु से निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

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

• ओष्यैः: with suckables
• ओष्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओष्य (प्रातिपदिक; √उष्/√वश्? परम्परया ‘चोष्य’ = चोष्य ‘to be sucked’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• पेयैः: with drinks
• पेयैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पेय (प्रातिपदिक; √पा धातु से निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• पृथविधैः: of many kinds
• पृथविधैः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथु + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; समासः कर्मधारय (पृथु-विध = अनेक-प्रकार)

• कुरुष्व: do / provide
• कुरुष्व: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Imperative 2nd sg; परस्मैपद

• तृप्तिपर्यन्तम्: up to satisfaction
• तृप्तिपर्यन्तम्: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तृप्ति + पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; ‘पर्यन्तम्’ इत्यव्ययप्रयोगः (up to, until)

• ससैन्यस्य: of (him) with his army
• ससैन्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular; समासः तत्पुरुष (स-सेन्य = सेना सहित)

• महीपतेः: of the king
• महीपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular; समासः तत्पुरुष (मही-पति)

• अश्वानाम्: of the horses
• अश्वानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; Genitive plural

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

• गजानाम्: of the elephants
• गजानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; Genitive plural

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

• घासादिभिः: with grass and the like (fodder)
• घासादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घास + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; समासः तत्पुरुष (घास-आदि = घास इत्यादि)

• यथाक्रमम्: in due order
• यथाक्रमम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + क्रम (अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभावसमास (यथा-क्रमम्)

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Sūta frame; not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal camp at a sacred place: attendants arrange abundant dishes—solids, sweets, drinks—while fodder is laid out for elephants, horses, camels, and bulls; the king and army are honored in orderly rows.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Viśvāmitra
• Nandinī
• Army
• Horses
• Elephants

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hospitality is comprehensive—dharma requires caring for guests and their dependents fully, including animals, until genuine satisfaction is achieved.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is dharma expressed through generous service within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhojana-sevā/annadāna to the guest and entourage until tṛpti, and appropriate feeding of horses and elephants with fodder (ghāsa) in due order.