Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तावत्तयोक्तश्चण्डोऽसावेहि शीघ्रं च भक्षय । अन्नं त्वदर्थमानीतमुपोष्य दिवसं मया

Transliteration

tāvattayoktaścaṇḍo'sāvehi śīghraṃ ca bhakṣaya | annaṃ tvadarthamānītamupoṣya divasaṃ mayā

Translation

Da sprach sie zu Caṇḍa: „Komm schnell und iss. Diese Speise habe ich deinetwegen gebracht, denn ich habe den ganzen Tag gefastet.“

Word by Word

• तावत्: meanwhile
• तावत्: Kala (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालपरिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (so long/meanwhile)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उक्तः: spoken to / addressed
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• चण्डः: Caṇḍa (name)
• चण्डः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• असौ: this man / he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एहि: come
• एहि: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भक्षय: eat
• भक्षय: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• त्वदर्थम्: for you
• त्वदर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुषप्रायः; अर्थे अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (for your sake)

• आनीतम्: brought
• आनीतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-नी (धातु) → आनीत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• उपोष्य: having fasted
• उपोष्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप-वास् (धातु) → उपोष्य (कृदन्त, त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्ययभावः; ल्यबन्त (gerund)

• दिवसम्: the day
• दिवसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री/पुं (उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग), तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted wife addresses her husband (named Caṇḍa) with urgency and care, offering food she carried, her face showing fatigue from fasting yet tenderness.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍa (husband)
• upavāsa (fasting)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-denial for the welfare of another—especially within dharmic bonds—is praised as a form of merit-bearing devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra, where the narrative frames ordinary household duty as spiritually luminous in a tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Fasting (upoṣa/upavāsa) is mentioned descriptively—she states she fasted through the day.