Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तया सहान्नपानादि कृतवान्पापमोहितः । अश्नाति सुरया पंकं गोमांसं पापलंपटः

Transliteration

tayā sahānnapānādi kṛtavānpāpamohitaḥ | aśnāti surayā paṃkaṃ gomāṃsaṃ pāpalaṃpaṭaḥ

Translation

Vom Sündentrug betört, aß und trank er mit ihr; gierig nach Frevel verzehrte er Unrat mit berauschendem Trank – ja sogar Rindfleisch.

Word by Word

• तया: with her
• तया: सहकारक/सह (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सह: together with
• सह: सह (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपसर्ग/निपात (with)

• अन्न: food
• अन्न: कर्म (Within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• पान: drink
• पान: कर्म (Within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• आदि: and so on
• आदि: सम्बन्ध (Etc. marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (etc.)

• कृतवान्: did/committed
• कृतवान्: क्रिया (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृतवत् (कृदन्त, क्तवतुँ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्तवतुँ-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकालिक कर्तरि कृदन्त (perfect participle: 'having done')

• पाप: sin
• पाप: हेतु/विशेषण (Within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• मोहितः: deluded
• मोहितः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुह् (धातु) → मोहित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• अश्नाति: eats
• अश्नाति: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुरया: with liquor
• सुरया: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• पङ्कम्: filth/mire
• पङ्कम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• गो: cow
• गो: सम्बन्ध (Genitive within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• मांसम्: meat
• मांसम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पाप: sin
• पाप: विशेषण (Within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/समासपूर्वपद

• लम्पटः: a debauchee/addict
• लम्पटः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लम्पट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śaunaka-type assembly typical of purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fallen man in a dim interior, sharing food and liquor with a woman; impure offerings on a low platter; the atmosphere heavy with moral darkness, foreshadowing karmic descent.

Characters & Entities

• Mātaṅgī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association and indulgence can erode dharma; impure consumption and intoxication are portrayed as accelerants of pāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly glorified in this verse; it is part of a cautionary narrative within the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse condemns certain behaviors rather than prescribing a rite.