Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

आजहार सुमृष्टानि तत्कृते सुफलानि सः । स्वयं गत्वा सुदूरं च कानने श्वापदाकुले

Transliteration

ājahāra sumṛṣṭāni tatkṛte suphalāni saḥ | svayaṃ gatvā sudūraṃ ca kānane śvāpadākule

Translation

Pour elle, il rapporta des fruits exquis, choisis avec soin—allant lui-même au loin, dans une forêt peuplée de bêtes sauvages.

Word by Word

• आजहार: brought
• आजहार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + हृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुमृष्टानि: well-cleaned/choice
• सुमृष्टानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + मृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्गपूर्वक कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; विशेषण (सुफलानि)

• तत्कृते: for her sake
• तत्कृते: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् + कृते (कृ/कृता-प्रातिपदिक; उपपद)
• Form: उपपद-प्रयोग; सप्तमी (locative) रूपेण अव्ययीभाववत् अर्थः (for her sake)

• सुफलानि: good fruits
• सुफलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + फल (प्रातिपदिक; समास/उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थ/स्वकृत्य (oneself)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक (having gone)

• सुदूरम्: very far
• सुदूरम्: Sambandha (Extent/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (accusative of extent used adverbially); देशपरिमाण (very far)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• कानने: in the grove/forest
• कानने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• श्वापद-आकुले: teeming with wild beasts
• श्वापद-आकुले: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वापद + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (filled with wild beasts); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; विशेषण (कानने)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic storyteller; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kānana near Devarātāśrama

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage travels far into a beast-filled forest, gathering ripe fruits carefully; he returns with a bundle, weary yet resolute, to feed the child.

Characters & Entities

• Forest (kānana)
• Śvāpada (wild beasts)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practical: love and responsibility are proven through effort and personal risk taken for another’s welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; this line itself highlights the hermitage setting rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes provision of food and care.