Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तदेव प्राशनं कार्यं ततः कायविशुद्धये

Transliteration

tadeva prāśanaṃ kāryaṃ tataḥ kāyaviśuddhaye

Translation

Cette même offrande consacrée doit être consommée; ainsi le corps est purifié.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्राशनम्)

• एव: only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (only/indeed)

• प्राशनम्: partaking/eating
• प्राशनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राशन (प्रातिपदिक; √अश् + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कार्यम्: should be done
• कार्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (कृदन्त; √कृ (करणे) + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तव्यता (gerundive: 'to be done')

• ततः: thereby/then
• ततः: Hetu/Sequence (Cause/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/क्रम (thereby/then)

• काय-विशुद्धये: for purification of the body
• काय-विशुद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक) + विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कायस्य विशुद्धिः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instructional passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, seated on a clean mat, receives a small portion of prasāda from the pūjā plate and eats it reverently; a lamp burns steadily, and the shrine remains in soft focus behind.

Characters & Entities

• Prāśana
• Śuddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prasāda is not merely food—it is sanctifying grace, received inwardly for purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya ritual sequence; no specific tīrtha name appears in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Consume the consecrated offering (prasāda) for bodily purification (kāya-viśuddhi).