Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शाकमूलफलाहारः स्नानहोमपरायणः । ततस्तुष्टो महादेव उमया सहितः किल

Transliteration

śākamūlaphalāhāraḥ snānahomaparāyaṇaḥ | tatastuṣṭo mahādeva umayā sahitaḥ kila

Translation

അവൻ ശാകം, മൂലം, ഫലം എന്നിവ മാത്രം ആഹാരമാക്കി, സ്നാനവിധിയിലും ഹോമത്തിലും പരായണനായി തപസ്സു ചെയ്തു. തുടർന്ന്, ഉമാസഹിതനായ മഹാദേവൻ പ്രസന്നനായതായി പറയുന്നു.

Word by Word

• शाकमूलफलाहारः: one whose diet is vegetables, roots, and fruits
• शाकमूलफलाहारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक-मूल-फल-आहार (प्रातिपदिक; शाक + मूल + फल + आहार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत्—‘whose food is…’

• स्नानहोमपरायणः: devoted to bathing and oblations
• स्नानहोमपरायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नान-होम-परायण (प्रातिपदिक; स्नान + होम + परायण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद् + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) — ‘thereupon/from that’

• तुष्टः: pleased; satisfied
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; तुष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भावे (past participle)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संज्ञा

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सह्/सह धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘accompanied (by)’

• किल: indeed; it is said
• किल: Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle indicating report/indeed)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Āvantya Khaṇḍa style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Karañja performs dawn snāna in the river, then tends a small sacred fire; offerings rise as thin smoke. In the subtle sky-space, Śiva appears with Umā, both serene and radiant, acknowledging the tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Umā (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady tapas supported by simple living and Vedic-style rites (snāna, homa) draws divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) region context is being set; the specific tīrtha’s glory is elaborated in subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) and homa (fire-offering), coupled with a restrained sāttvika diet.