Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शाकमूलफलाहारः स्नानहोमपरायणः । ततस्तुष्टो महादेव उमया सहितः किल

Transliteration

śākamūlaphalāhāraḥ snānahomaparāyaṇaḥ | tatastuṣṭo mahādeva umayā sahitaḥ kila

Translation

كان يقتات بالخُضَر والجذور والثمار، مواظبًا على الاغتسال الطقسي وقُربان النار، فمارس التقشّف. ثم يُقال إن مهاديفا، ومعه أُوما، قد رضي عنه.

Word by Word

• शाकमूलफलाहारः: one whose diet is vegetables, roots, and fruits
• शाकमूलफलाहारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक-मूल-फल-आहार (प्रातिपदिक; शाक + मूल + फल + आहार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत्—‘whose food is…’

• स्नानहोमपरायणः: devoted to bathing and oblations
• स्नानहोमपरायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नान-होम-परायण (प्रातिपदिक; स्नान + होम + परायण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद् + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) — ‘thereupon/from that’

• तुष्टः: pleased; satisfied
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; तुष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भावे (past participle)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संज्ञा

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सह्/सह धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘accompanied (by)’

• किल: indeed; it is said
• किल: Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle indicating report/indeed)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Āvantya Khaṇḍa style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Karañja performs dawn snāna in the river, then tends a small sacred fire; offerings rise as thin smoke. In the subtle sky-space, Śiva appears with Umā, both serene and radiant, acknowledging the tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Umā (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady tapas supported by simple living and Vedic-style rites (snāna, homa) draws divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) region context is being set; the specific tīrtha’s glory is elaborated in subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) and homa (fire-offering), coupled with a restrained sāttvika diet.