Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

तृतीयादौ सप्तम्यंतदिनपञ्चकमेव च । ओषध्यानयवैयग्र्यादवहारो बभूव ह

Transliteration

tṛtīyādau saptamyaṃtadinapañcakameva ca | oṣadhyānayavaiyagryādavahāro babhūva ha

Translation

Desde el tercer tithi hasta el séptimo—en verdad durante un lapso de cinco días—hubo toma de alimento, principalmente por motivo de traer hierbas medicinales.

Word by Word

• तृतीय: on the third (lunar day)
• तृतीय: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तिथि-नाम (implicit: तृतीयायाम्)

• आदौ: at the beginning
• आदौ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), आरम्भार्थ

• सप्तमि: (up to) the seventh
• सप्तमि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तिथि-नाम (in compound context)

• अन्त: ending
• अन्त: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, अव्ययीभावार्थे (as bound member), ‘ending’ sense

• दिन: day
• दिन: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, अव्ययीभावार्थे (as bound member)

• पञ्चकम्: a set of five (days)
• पञ्चकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘group of five’

• एव: only/just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थ

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• ओषधि: of herbs
• ओषधि: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); in compound context

• अनय: of bringing
• अनय: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); ‘bringing/leading’ (as noun)

• वैयग्र्यात्: due to urgency/haste
• वैयग्र्यात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैयग्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); हेतौ पञ्चमी

• अवहारः: the taking away/removal
• अवहारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• बभूव: happened/occurred
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed/it is said
• ह: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), कथनानुवाद/स्मरणार्थ

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A five-day span (tṛtīyā to saptamī) depicted as a camp scene: vānaras and allies gathering medicinal herbs; restrained eating as part of war discipline.

Characters & Entities

• Oṣadhi (medicinal herbs)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protection of life is dharma: even amid war, urgent healing and restoration of the righteous host becomes a sacred priority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse highlights an episode of medicinal aid within the narrative timeline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it notes a practical cause (herb-bringing) for the community’s actions during those tithis.