Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

किं वा ते बहुनोक्तेन शृणु संक्षेपतो नृप । अस्माकं भोजनं नित्यं यत्त्वं श्रुत्वा विगर्हसि

Transliteration

kiṃ vā te bahunoktena śṛṇu saṃkṣepato nṛpa | asmākaṃ bhojanaṃ nityaṃ yattvaṃ śrutvā vigarhasi

Translation

これ以上多くを語って何になりましょう。王よ、手短にお聞きください。我々の食事とは常に、あなたがそれを耳にすれば非難するような代物なのです。

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; interrogative pronoun (what?)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: or)

• ते: to you / your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6/4), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun (your/to you)

• बहु: much, many
• बहु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; used adjectivally with उक्तेन

• नोक्तेन: by not saying (much) / without much speech
• नोक्तेन: Hetu/Instrument (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न + उक्त (वच् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (said/spoken); न-निषेध (not)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्ययीभाव-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): briefly/in summary

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; genitive pronoun

• भोजनम्: food, eating
• भोजनम्: Karma/Pratijna (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: daily, constant
• नित्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; used adjectivally with भोजनम्

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; relative pronoun referring to ‘भोजनम्’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): having heard

• विगर्हसि: you condemn, censure
• विगर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + गर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Māṃsāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A preta-like being speaks plainly to a seated king, confessing their perpetually condemned food; the courtly setting contrasts with the grim subject.

Characters & Entities

• Preta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inauspicious gains arise from censurable acts; dharma asks one to avoid the very conduct one would morally reject.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this closing line; it summarizes the ethical thrust of the preceding rules.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription: avoid censurable, impure, or improperly performed rites and meals that invert the fruit of offerings.