Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तृणपर्णादिकं किंचित्सायमभ्यवहृत्य सा । तत्कुंडपीतपानीया स्वस्वामिसदनं व्रजेत्

Transliteration

tṛṇaparṇādikaṃ kiṃcitsāyamabhyavahṛtya sā | tatkuṃḍapītapānīyā svasvāmisadanaṃ vrajet

Translation

Am Abend knabberte sie ein wenig Gras und Blätter; dann, nachdem sie Wasser aus jenem Teich getrunken hatte, ging sie zur Wohnung ihres eigenen Herrn.

Word by Word

• तृणपर्णादिकम्: grass, leaves and the like
• तृणपर्णादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण + पर्ण + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म (अभ्यवहृत्य)

• किंचित्: a little, some
• किंचित्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक-विशेषणम् (तृणपर्णादिकम्)

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अभ्यवहृत्य: having eaten/consumed
• अभ्यवहृत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + अव + हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having taken/eaten’ (context: having consumed)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्ता

• तत्: that (one’s)
• तत्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे समासपूर्वपद; ‘of that’ qualifying कुण्ड

• कुण्ड: pond, basin
• कुण्ड: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (in compound)

• पीत: drunk
• पीत: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग

• पानीया: (she) having drunk water
• पानीया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पानीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समाससमाप्ति—‘she whose water has been drunk (from that pond)’

• स्व: own
• स्व: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद; ‘own’ qualifying स्वामि

• स्वामि: master, owner
• स्वामि: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग; ‘master/owner’

• सदनम्: house, dwelling
• सदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म (व्रजेत्); compound = स्वस्वामि-सदनम् ‘house of her own master’

• व्रजेत्: would go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘would go’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uttarārka-kuṇḍa (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At evening, the doe nibbles sparse grass and leaves, drinks from a small pond beside the shrine grove, then departs along a path toward its keeper’s home.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa (pond)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holiness of place is underscored: even ordinary routines (food and water) become sanctified in a sacred precinct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kuṇḍa (pond) connected to the scene of austerity near Uttarārka in Kāśī is implied and honored.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Drinking the kuṇḍa water is described (not commanded), suggesting the pond’s sanctity within the narrative.