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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

पक्वान्नगंधमाघ्राय क्षुधितः स तमन्वगात् । इदमन्नं मया ग्राह्यं शिवायोपस्कृतं निशि

Transliteration

pakvānnagaṃdhamāghrāya kṣudhitaḥ sa tamanvagāt | idamannaṃ mayā grāhyaṃ śivāyopaskṛtaṃ niśi

Translation

Als er den Duft gekochter Speise roch, folgte er ihm, vom Hunger getrieben, und dachte: „Diese Speise muss ich nehmen, obgleich sie nachts als Opfergabe für Śiva bereitet wurde.“

Word by Word
पक्वान्नगन्धम्the smell of cooked food
पक्वान्नगन्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपक्व (कृदन्त/विशेषण) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पक्वान्नस्य गन्धः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)
आघ्रायhaving smelled
आघ्राय:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ+घ्रा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)
क्षुधितःhungry
क्षुधितः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षुध् (धातु) → क्षुधित (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)
अन्वगात्followed
अन्वगात्:
Kriya (Verbal action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअनु+गम् (धातु)
Formलुङ् (aorist); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (nom./acc. singular); अत्र द्वितीया (object)
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)
मयाby me
मया:
Kartr̥/Instrument (Agent in passive/कर्ता-करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (instrumental singular)
ग्राह्यम्to be taken / should be taken
ग्राह्यम्:
Vidhi (Obligation predicate/विधि)
TypeAdjective
Rootग्रह् (धातु) → ग्राह्य (कृदन्त)
Formकृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative: 'to be taken')
शिवायfor Śiva
शिवाय:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन (dative singular)
उपस्कृतम्prepared
उपस्कृतम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउप+कृ (धातु) → उपस्कृत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with अन्नम्)
निशिat night
निशि:
Adhikaraṇa (Time locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनिशा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (locative singular)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (context of Śiva-naivedya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hungry man catches the aroma of cooked food carried as Śiva’s offering; he follows stealthily, torn between reverence and hunger, rationalizing taking it.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
Ś
Śivarātri (implied by context)

FAQs

Desire and hunger test dharma; what is dedicated to the deity (naivedya) is treated as sacred and not to be appropriated selfishly.

Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting; the verse underscores the sanctity of Śiva’s worship within Kāśī.

Implied is the practice of preparing food as an offering (naivedya) for Śiva, especially during night observances like Śivarātri.

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