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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

नैवान्नं नो जलं किंचिन्न भुक्तं तद्दिने तया । चिंतयंती पतिं चापि लुब्धकी त्वयन्निशाम्

Transliteration

naivānnaṃ no jalaṃ kiṃcinna bhuktaṃ taddine tayā | ciṃtayaṃtī patiṃ cāpi lubdhakī tvayanniśām

Translation

Ce jour-là, la chasseresse ne prit rien—ni nourriture, ni même une goutte d’eau. Ne pensant qu’à son époux, elle traversa la nuit dans une attente anxieuse.

Word by Word
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)
एवat all/indeed
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-निपात (indeed/at all)
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)
उeven/also (forming ‘nor’)
उ:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic/assent particle; here with न = nor)
जलम्water
जलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)
किञ्चित्anything
किञ्चित्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkiṃcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (indefinite pronoun: anything)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)
भुक्तम्was eaten
भुक्तम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् (धातु) → bhukta (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (eaten)
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular; in that)
दिनेon the day
दिने:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdina (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular: on the day)
तयाby her
तया:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental singular: by her)
चिन्तयन्तीthinking
चिन्तयन्ती:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त् (धातु) → cintayantī (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकर्तरि कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (present active participle: thinking)
पतिम्husband
पतिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)
लुब्धकीthe huntress woman
लुब्धकी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootlubdhakī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (a female hunter/tribal woman)
त्वयन्making a ‘tvayan’ sound / sobbing (onomatopoeic)
त्वयन्:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootत्वयन् (अव्यय/अनुकरण)
Formअनुकरण-अव्यय (onomatopoeic/imitative indeclinable; used adverbially)
निशाम्the night
निशाम्:
Karma (Extent of time/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootniśā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular; duration)
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience (frame sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night scene: the woman sits sleepless, untouched food and water beside her, eyes fixed on the doorway, mind absorbed in her husband’s fate.

Characters & Entities
L
lubdhakī (huntress woman)
P
pati (husband)

FAQs

Steadfast devotion and self-restraint (fasting and mental focus) are presented as dharmic qualities that prepare one for divine grace.

Kedāra-kṣetra (Kedāranātha region) within the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa.

No formal rite is prescribed here; the verse highlights upavāsa-like restraint (abstaining from food and water) as a sign of resolve.

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