Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

अभ्यागतानामौचित्यादातिथ्यं च विधीयताम् । तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन समेतानां महात्मनाम्

Transliteration

abhyāgatānāmaucityādātithyaṃ ca vidhīyatām | tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena sametānāṃ mahātmanām

Translation

جو لوگ حاضر ہوں اُن کے شایانِ شان آتِتھْی (مہمان نوازی) شاستری طریقے سے کی جائے؛ خصوصاً اُن مہاتماؤں کی جو تیرتھ یاترا کے سلسلے میں یہاں جمع ہوئے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अभ्यागतानाम्: of the arrived guests
• अभ्यागतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यागत (कृदन्त; √गम् (धातु) + अभि-आ- उपसर्ग)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — ‘अभ्यागत’ (आगत/आगन्तुक) कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक

• औचित्यात्: from propriety; due to appropriateness
• औचित्यात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औचित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आतिथ्यम्: hospitality
• आतिथ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आतिथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• विधीयताम्: let it be ordained / should be done
• विधीयताम्: Vidhi (Injunctive predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धातु) + वि- उपसर्ग
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन: by occasion of pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + यात्रा + प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; ‘तीर्थयात्रायाः प्रसङ्गः’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• समेतानाम्: of those assembled
• समेतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समेत (कृदन्त; √इ (धातु) + सम्- उपसर्ग; ‘सम्-एत’ = together-come)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled (sages)
• महात्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Soma (the Moon-god), addressing the dvijas/ritual leaders at Prabhāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim caravan arrives at Prabhāsa: townspeople welcome them with water pots, garlands, lamps; a few ascetics/mahātmans are offered seats and shade; the temple and sea form the backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• tīrthayātrā
• mahātmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honouring pilgrims through hospitality is itself a sacred act that sustains the holiness of a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, depicted as a pilgrimage hub where arriving devotees must be received properly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Provide ātithya (food, shelter, respectful reception) to pilgrims and visiting mahātmas.