Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

स्वागतं ते महाभाग पीठेस्मिन्नुपविश्यताम् । नमस्ते मुनिनाथाय प्रियं ते करवाणि किम्

Transliteration

svāgataṃ te mahābhāga pīṭhesminnupaviśyatām | namaste munināthāya priyaṃ te karavāṇi kim

Translation

“اے نہایت بخت ور! آپ کا خیرمقدم ہے، اس نشست پر تشریف رکھیں۔ اے مُنیوں کے سردار! آپ کو نمسکار—میں کیا خدمت کروں جو آپ کو پسند آئے؟”

Word by Word

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Sambodhana (Greeting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-āgata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); आशीर्वाद/सम्बोधनप्रयोग (welcome!)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (Dative/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); अत्र चतुर्थी (to you)

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (mahān bhāgaḥ yasya), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पीठे: on the seat
• पीठे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्मिन्: on this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उपविश्यताम्: please sit down
• उपविश्यताम्: Kriyā (Imperative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√viś (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person; polite imperative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभूत)
• Form: निपातवत् प्रयोगः (indeclinable interjection), नमस्कारार्थ

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुनिनाथाय: to the lord of sages
• मुनिनाथाय: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni + nātha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (munīnāṃ nāthaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रियम्: what is pleasing
• प्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• करवाणि: may I do
• करवाणि: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); प्रश्नवाचक

Speaker

Śāradā (addressing the sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāradā greets the sage with folded hands, offers a seat (pīṭha), bows, and asks what service would please him; the sage sits composed, disciple nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Śāradā
• Naidhruva (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring a saintly guest with reverence, seating, and willingness to serve is a direct expression of dharma and a cause of future blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is mentioned; the focus is on atithi-dharma (guest-reverence).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The etiquette of welcome—greeting, offering a seat, and asking how to serve—forms part of traditional atithi-satkara.