Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

त्वयापि तावदत्रैव स्थातव्यं नो गृहांतिके । अस्मद्गृहमठेऽप्यस्मिन्स्नानपूजाजपोचिते

Transliteration

tvayāpi tāvadatraiva sthātavyaṃ no gṛhāṃtike | asmadgṛhamaṭhe'pyasminsnānapūjājapocite

Translation

而尊者也请暂且住在此处，就在我家近旁——就在这座家中道场里，此处适宜沐浴、礼拜与持诵（japa）。

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you (you)
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: “also/even”)

• तावत्: for the time being
• तावत्: Kāla-parimāṇa (Temporal extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (limitative particle: “for now/so long”)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: “here”)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Niyama (Emphasis/नियम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• स्थातव्यम्: should stay, must remain
• स्थातव्यम्: Kriyā (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्य-प्रत्यय) → स्थातव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृत्य (gerundive/obligatory: “should be stayed”)

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक

• गृहान्तिके: near the house
• गृहान्तिके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गृहस्य अन्तिकम्)

• अस्मद्गृहमठे: in our house-monastery/house-āśrama
• अस्मद्गृहमठे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् + गृह + मठ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अस्माकं गृहः/गृहसम्बद्धः मठः)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: “also/even”)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्नानपूजाजपोचिते: suitable for bathing, worship, and japa
• स्नानपूजाजपोचिते: Adhikaraṇa-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of location/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नान + पूजा + जप + उचित (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (स्नान-पूजा-जपैः उचितः = fit for bathing, worship, and japa)

Speaker

The girl’s family/relatives addressing the sage (collective)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: gṛha-āśrama as sādhana-sthāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A simple but orderly household-āśrama with a bathing area, a small shrine, japa-seat (āsana), and ritual vessels; the family invites the sage to stay; the setting feels like a miniature temple.

Characters & Entities

• gṛha-maṭha (household hermitage)
• snāna
• pūjā
• japa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A home becomes a sacred space when it supports daily disciplines like snāna, pūjā, and japa—especially in the presence of the holy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No external tīrtha is mentioned; the household is portrayed as an āśrama-like sacred setting through practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), pūjā (worship), and japa (mantra-recitation) are explicitly referenced as observances.