Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

संन्यसेन्नियमेनान्नं संन्यसेद्विषयादिकम् । फलमूलादिकं चैव जलमेकं न संत्यजेत्

Transliteration

saṃnyasenniyamenānnaṃ saṃnyasedviṣayādikam | phalamūlādikaṃ caiva jalamekaṃ na saṃtyajet

Translation

നിയമത്തോടെ പക്വാന്നം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുകയും വിഷയഭോഗാദികളെ പരിത്യജിക്കുകയും വേണം; ഫലമൂലാദികളാൽ ജീവിക്കാം, എന്നാൽ ഏകമായ ജലം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കരുത്।

Word by Word

• संन्यसेत्: should renounce
• संन्यसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-नि-स्यै/सन्-यस् (धातु; त्यागार्थे)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• नियमेन: by rule/discipline
• नियमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• संन्यसेत्: should renounce
• संन्यसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-नि-स्यै/सन्-यस् (धातु; त्यागार्थे)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• विषयादिकम्: sense-objects and the like
• विषयादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषयादिक (प्रातिपदिक; विषय + आदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• फलमूलादिकम्: fruits, roots, etc.
• फलमूलादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फलमूलादिक (प्रातिपदिक; फल + मूल + आदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• एकम्: alone/only
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• संत्यजेत्: should abandon
• संत्यजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (context indicates instruction within Revā-khaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhautapāpa (context)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna) addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-ascetic at a riverbank under a tree, rejecting cooked food and sensual distractions; a small water pot (kamaṇḍalu) is highlighted as the one indispensable support; offerings of fruits and roots nearby.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity must be intelligent and rule-based: renounce indulgence and simplify food, but preserve what sustains life and practice—water.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it gives a general vrata-niyama within the Revā-khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dietary restraint (giving up cooked food and sense-pleasures), allowing fruits/roots, with the explicit rule not to abandon water.