Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

तदन्नमुष्णतोयेन समंतात्पच्यते पुनः । द्विधा भवति तत्पक्वं पृथक्किट्टं पृथग्रसम्

Transliteration

tadannamuṣṇatoyena samaṃtātpacyate punaḥ | dvidhā bhavati tatpakvaṃ pṛthakkiṭṭaṃ pṛthagrasam

Translation

Jene Speise wird dann von allen Seiten durch das heiße Wasser gegart. Nach der Verdauung wird sie zweifach: getrennt der Abfall (kiṭṭa) und getrennt die nährende Essenz (rasa).

Word by Word

• tad: that
• tad: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular); विशेषण-प्रयोगः

• annam: food
• annam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• uṣṇa-toyena: with hot water
• uṣṇa-toyena: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uṣṇa (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental singular); समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘उष्णं तोयम्’)

• samantāt: on all sides / completely
• samantāt: Adhikarana (Locative/Scope)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• pacyate: is cooked
• pacyate: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pac (पच् धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (present, 3rd sg, passive)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• dvidhā: in two ways / into two parts
• dvidhā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dvidhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (present, 3rd sg)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोगः

• pakvam: cooked
• pakvam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pakva (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pac)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• pṛthak: separately
• pṛthak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• kiṭṭam: dross / waste (impurity)
• kiṭṭam: Karma (Result/Part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṭṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• pṛthak: separately
• pṛthak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• rasam: essence / juice (nutritive fluid)
• rasam: Karma (Result/Part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An allegorical inner-body scene: a vessel of food being ‘cooked’ by inner heat and hot fluids, separating into two streams—dark waste and luminous nutritive essence—moving into subtle channels.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All consumption yields both essence and waste; this supports moderation and purity as dharmic disciplines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; it is a general doctrinal teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the implied ethic is restraint in eating and mindful purity.