Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

मधुत्यागे घृतं दद्यात्पायसं च सशर्करम् । अभ्यंगेऽभ्यवहारे च तैलमूर्जे विवर्जयेत्

Transliteration

madhutyāge ghṛtaṃ dadyātpāyasaṃ ca saśarkaram | abhyaṃge'bhyavahāre ca tailamūrje vivarjayet

Translation

मधु-त्याग करने पर घी तथा शर्करा सहित पायस (खीर) दान देना चाहिए। ऊर्ज (कार्तिक) में अभ्यंग (तेल-मर्दन) और भोजन—दोनों में तैल का त्याग करना चाहिए।

Word by Word

• मधुत्यागे: in (the rule of) giving up honey
• मधुत्यागे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु + त्याग (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (honey-abstention)

• घृतम्: ghee
• घृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पायसम्: rice-pudding
• पायसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• सशर्करम्: with sugar
• सशर्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-शर्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सहार्थक-समास/कर्मधारय (with sugar)

• अभ्यङ्गे: in oil-massage
• अभ्यङ्गे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अभ्यवहारे: in eating/consumption
• अभ्यवहारे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यवहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• तैलम्: oil
• तैलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ऊर्जे: in Ūrjā (vow/month)
• ऊर्जे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• विवर्जयेत्: should avoid
• विवर्जयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ūrja/Kārtika-vrata (Kāśī context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kārtika votary refrains from oil massage and oily foods; instead, he offers ghee and sweet rice pudding with sugar to a recipient near a shrine, with lamps flickering in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Ūrja
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renunciation paired with generosity refines the vow; Kārtika disciplines emphasize purity of body and diet to elevate devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s Kārtika-vrata teaching; it primarily glorifies the Ūrja observance rather than naming a tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On giving up honey, donate ghee and sweet pāyasa with sugar; avoid oil for both body anointing and consumption during Ūrja/Kārtika.