Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

आरण्यमहिषोत्थेन तृप्तिः स्यान्नवमासिकी । रुरोश्चैवाष्टमासोत्था एणस्य सप्तमासिका

Transliteration

āraṇyamahiṣotthena tṛptiḥ syānnavamāsikī | ruroścaivāṣṭamāsotthā eṇasya saptamāsikā

Translation

De la viande du buffle sauvage naît une satisfaction de neuf mois ; de celle du cerf ruru, de huit mois ; et de celle du cerf eṇa, de sept mois.

Word by Word

• आरण्यमहिषोत्थेन: by (meat) from a wild buffalo
• आरण्यमहिषोत्थेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + महिष (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (determinative): 'arisen from the wild buffalo'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (उत्थ), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be / is obtained
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• नवमासिकी: lasting nine months
• नवमासिकी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + मासिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numeral compound: 'nine-month'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तृप्तिः)

• रुरोः: of the ruru-deer
• रुरोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• अष्टमासोत्था: (satisfaction) for eight months
• अष्टमासोत्था: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + मास (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (determinative): 'arisen from (giving) eight months'; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (अनुवर्तते तृप्तिः)

• एणस्य: of the antelope (eṇa)
• एणस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• सप्तमासिका: (satisfaction) for seven months
• सप्तमासिका: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + मासिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (अनुवर्तते तृप्तिः)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing reply)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: the sage points to a sequence of symbolic animal emblems (wild buffalo, ruru deer, eṇa deer) arranged as icons beside the śrāddha altar, indicating graded months of satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• āraṇya-mahiṣa (wild buffalo)
• ruru
• eṇa
• pitṛ (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings are described as producing measurable ritual fruit; the Purāṇa teaches discernment in śrāddha choices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it contributes to the dharma-teaching within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A graded list: wild buffalo yields nine months, ruru eight, and eṇa seven months of Pitṛ satisfaction.