Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्माद्यत्किञ्चिदन्नं ते सिद्धमस्ति गृहे नृप । तद्देहि भोजनार्थं मे बुभुक्षातीव वर्धते

Transliteration

tasmādyatkiñcidannaṃ te siddhamasti gṛhe nṛpa | taddehi bhojanārthaṃ me bubhukṣātīva vardhate

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ອາຫານທີ່ປຸງສຸກແລ້ວຢູ່ໃນເຮືອນຂອງພະອົງ ມີຢ່າງໃດກໍຕາມ ຂໍໃຫ້ປະທານໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເພື່ອກິນ, ເພາະຄວາມຫິວຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າກໍາລັງເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນຢ່າງແຮງກ້າ.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-प्रयोगे अव्ययीभाव (ablatival adverb) = therefore/from that

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (whatever)

• किञ्चित्: any
• किञ्चित्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘some/any’

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सिद्धम्: prepared/ready
• सिद्धम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक; √sidh-क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (cooked/ready)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गृहे: in (your) house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भोजनार्थम्: for eating
• भोजनार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः भोजनस्य अर्थः = for eating/purpose of a meal

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-प्रयोगे एकवचन; अत्र = to me/for me

• बुभुक्षा: hunger
• बुभुक्षा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bubhukṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमा/particle of comparison)

• वर्धते: increases
• वर्धते: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛdh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā requests any ready cooked food; the king signals servants to bring steaming dishes; the scene conveys urgency and compassionate hospitality.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• King

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Feeding a guest—especially a vow-observer at pāraṇa—is a direct, urgent form of dharma and a source of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse contributes to tīrtha-centered ethics (how one behaves in sacred contexts); it does not name a particular site here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Providing cooked food suitable for a vrata-holder’s pāraṇa; the stress is on immediacy and appropriateness.