Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

स्वयं पाकाग्रभोजी यो गलरोगमवाप्नुयात् । पंचयज्ञानकृत्वैव भुञ्जानो ग्रामशूकरः

Transliteration

svayaṃ pākāgrabhojī yo galarogamavāpnuyāt | paṃcayajñānakṛtvaiva bhuñjāno grāmaśūkaraḥ

Translation

Celui qui mange le premier de la nourriture en cuisson, avant de servir les autres, contracte une maladie de la gorge. Et celui qui mange sans accomplir les cinq sacrifices quotidiens (pañca-yajña) devient tel un porc de village.

Word by Word

• स्वयम्: by oneself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘स्वतः/स्वयम्’

• पाकाग्रभोजी: one who eats before cooking is finished / eats first
• पाकाग्रभोजी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाक-अग्र-भोजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘पाकस्य अग्रे’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः + ‘भोजिन्’ (भुज् धातोः कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• गलरोगम्: throat disease
• गलरोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गल-रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘गलस्य रोगः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• अवाप्नुयात्: may obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: आप् (प्राप्तौ) उपसर्ग: अव-

• पञ्चयज्ञान्: the five sacrifices
• पञ्चयज्ञान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च-यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (संख्यापूर्वकः): ‘पञ्च यज्ञाः’

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘कृत्वा’ (having done)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): अवधारणार्थक (emphatic)

• भुञ्जानः: eating
• भुञ्जानः: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle, परस्मैपद): पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ग्रामशूकरः: a village boar/pig
• ग्रामशूकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम-शूकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘ग्रामस्य शूकरः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household kitchen: a man hastily tasting food from the pot while elders, guests, and family wait; beside him, a small altar with neglected offerings; the moral consequence hinted by a shadowy pig-form motif in the background.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Food is sacred and tied to duty; self-centered eating and neglect of daily offerings reduce one’s human dignity and invite suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised; the focus is household dharma (pañca-mahāyajña).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of the pañca-yajñas (pañca-mahāyajñas) before eating is implied as the proper discipline.