Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

ददौ चासनमर्घ्यं च पाद्यं पूजां यथाविधि । न्यवेदयच्च तद्राज्यमात्मानं बान्धवैः सह

Transliteration

dadau cāsanamarghyaṃ ca pādyaṃ pūjāṃ yathāvidhi | nyavedayacca tadrājyamātmānaṃ bāndhavaiḥ saha

Translation

اس نے شاستری طریقے کے مطابق آسن، اَرغیہ، پاؤں دھونے کا جل اور پوجا پیش کی؛ اور اپنے رشتہ داروں سمیت اپنی سلطنت اور اپنی ذات کو بھی منی کے سپرد کر دیا۔

Word by Word

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आसनम्: a seat
• आसनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: honor-offering (arghya)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पाद्यम्: water for washing feet
• पाद्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजाम्: worship/honour
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यथा-विधि: according to proper procedure
• यथा-विधि: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Manner adjunct/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावः; क्रियाविशेषणम्—विधिना यथा (according to rule)

• न्यवेदयत्: informed/announced
• न्यवेदयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थः—निवेदितवान् (informed/announced)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘राज्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• राज्यम्: kingdom/rule
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आत्मानम्: himself/self
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बान्धवैः: with kinsmen/relatives
• बान्धवैः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (prepositional adverb ‘with’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-māhātmya frame

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Formal reception ritual: Bāṇa offers a jeweled seat, arghya vessel, pādya water, and performs worship; he symbolically offers his kingdom and himself with his relatives to Nārada.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True reverence is expressed through proper worship and self-surrender—placing one’s resources in service of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is praised in this verse; it focuses on dharmic hospitality within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Guest-worship (atithi-pūjā): offering āsana, arghya, pādya, and pūjā yathāvidhi (as per injunction).