Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

त्वद्गृहे कर्तुमिच्छामि ह्येभिः सह सुसंस्कृतम् । ततस्तं ब्रह्माणं दृष्ट्वा यजमानसमन्विताः

Transliteration

tvadgṛhe kartumicchāmi hyebhiḥ saha susaṃskṛtam | tatastaṃ brahmāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā yajamānasamanvitāḥ

Translation

میں اِن کے ساتھ تمہارے گھر میں نہایت سلیقے سے تیار کیا ہوا بھوجن کرنا چاہتا ہوں۔ پھر اُس برہمن کو دیکھ کر یجمان بھاؤ والے گِرہستوں نے اسی کے مطابق ردِّعمل ظاہر کیا۔

Word by Word

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular)

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (Infinitive), क्रियार्थ (purpose)

• इच्छामि: I desire
• इच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-सूचक

• एभिः: with these
• एभिः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय (prepositional indeclinable), सहार्थक

• सुसंस्कृतम्: well-prepared/well-performed
• सुसंस्कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + संस्कृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), क्रम/अनन्तर (thereupon)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• यजमान-समन्विताः: accompanied by the sacrificer(s)
• यजमान-समन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembly of sages (e.g., Śaunaka’s circle)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble householder setting; a strange brāhmaṇa-guest requests a carefully prepared meal; householders gather with ritual intent, tension visible in their faces.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Yajamāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual status (as yajamāna) is tested by real-world compassion; dharma is proven by conduct, not labels.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse continues the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative set along the Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reference to su-saṃskṛta bhojana (properly prepared meal) and the yajamāna context (ritual patronage).