Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अभोज्यमेतत्सर्वेषां दर्शनात्तव सत्कृतम् । एवमेव तथेत्युक्त्वा देवदेवो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

abhojyametatsarveṣāṃ darśanāttava satkṛtam | evameva tathetyuktvā devadevo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

“یہ کھانا کسی کے لیے کھانے کے لائق نہیں؛ تمہارے دیدار ہی سے یہ پاک اور باعزت ہو گیا ہے۔” یہ کہہ کر “تتھاستُو—یوں ہی ہو” دیودیو مہیشور نے فرمایا۔

Word by Word

• अभोज्यम्: not fit to be eaten
• अभोज्यम्: Karma (Predicate-object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + भोज्य (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दर्शनात्: from (your) sight/seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• सत्कृतम्: honoured/respected
• सत्कृतम्: Karma (Predicate/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (उपपद) + कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तथा: so/accordingly
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative particle)

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

• देव-देवः: the god of gods
• देव-देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva) (deduced from verse: 'devadevo maheśvaraḥ')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva appears/declares; the rejected food and the despised guest are reinterpreted as sanctified; householders stunned as the divine voice settles the matter.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the divine (or a truly exalted being) sanctifies actions and offerings; reverence transforms ordinary acts into dharmic merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-kṣetra tradition (Narmadā/Revā region) within the Āvantya Khaṇḍa’s Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse underscores sanctification through darśana and proper honoring (satkāra).