Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्नहनि पापात्मा योन्नमश्नाति मानवः । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे

Transliteration

tasminnahani pāpātmā yonnamaśnāti mānavaḥ | tasmātsarvaprayatnena saṃprāpte harivāsare

Translation

An jenem Tag wird der Mensch, der Speise zu sich nimmt, sündhaft. Darum soll man, wenn Haris heiliger Tag herannaht, mit aller Anstrengung Enthaltsamkeit üben.

Word by Word

• tasmin: on that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun) used adjectivally, Puṃliṅga/Napuṃsakaliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (sg.), qualifying ahani

• ahani: on the day
• ahani: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (sg.)

• pāpa-ātmā: sinful person
• pāpa-ātmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya-samāsa (पापः आत्मा यस्य/पापात्मा), Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (sg.)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun, Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (sg.)

• annam: food
• annam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (sg.)

• aśnāti: eats
• aśnāti: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √aś (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (present), Parasmaipada, Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (sg.)

• mānavaḥ: a man, human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (sg.), in apposition to yaḥ

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative form used adverbially (तस्मात् = therefore/from that), Hetu-avyaya (causal)

• sarva-prayatnena: with all effort
• sarva-prayatnena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (sarvaḥ prayatnaḥ), Puṃliṅga (m.), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana (sg.)

• saṃprāpte: when (it) has arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √prāp (धातु) + saṃprāpta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Kta-participle (क्त), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (sg.), Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.) in locative absolute sense (when it has come/arrived)

• hari-vāsare: on Hari’s day (Ekādaśī)
• hari-vāsare: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: hareḥ vāsaraḥ), Puṃliṅga (m.), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (sg.)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual instruction within Tīrthamāhātmya; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Harivāsara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint on Hari’s sacred day is emphasized; indulgence (eating) is portrayed as spiritually harmful in that vrata context.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is embedded in the chapter’s tīrtha setting, later tied to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and Hari’s śayana/bodhana observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa/food-restraint on Harivāsara (commonly Ekādaśī) is prescribed.