Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

भुक्तायां त्वयि रिक्तैषा पूर्णभक्ता भविप्यति । रसवद्व्यंजननिधिरिच्छाभक्ष्यप्रदायिनी

Transliteration

bhuktāyāṃ tvayi riktaiṣā pūrṇabhaktā bhavipyati | rasavadvyaṃjananidhiricchābhakṣyapradāyinī

Translation

‘എന്നാൽ നീ ഭോജനം ചെയ്താൽ ഇത് ശൂന്യമാകും; ഇത് നിറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ ശ്രേഷ്ഠമായ അന്നവും രസമുള്ള വിഭവങ്ങളുടെ നിധിയും നിറഞ്ഞ്, ഇഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട ആഹാരം നൽകുന്നതായിരിക്കും।’

Word by Word

• भुक्तायाम्: when eaten
• भुक्तायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √भुज् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘when (you) have eaten’ (locative absolute with त्वयि)

• त्वयि: in/when you
• त्वयि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; लोकेटिव्-अब्सोल्यूट् सह

• रिक्ता: empty
• रिक्ता: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रिक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एषा: this (pot)
• एषा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पूर्ण-भक्ता: full of food
• पूर्ण-भक्ता: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘full of food/fully supplied with food’

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रसवत्: flavorful
• रसवत्: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रसवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (अव्ययवत् प्रयोगे), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘tasty, full of flavor’ (qualifying following compound)

• व्यञ्जन-निधिः: a store of delicacies
• व्यञ्जन-निधिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘treasury/store of side-dishes’

• इच्छा-भक्ष्य-प्रदायिनी: granting desired foods
• इच्छा-भक्ष्य-प्रदायिनी: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदायिनी (कृदन्त; √दा (धातु) + णिनि/इनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘giver of desired foods’

Speaker

Sūrya (contextual boon-speech; framed by Skanda’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two states of the bowl are shown: overflowing with rice and savory dishes when ‘full’, and empty after Draupadī eats—visualizing the moral boundary of the miracle.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Akṣaya-sthālī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine gifts are structured to protect dharma: abundance is aligned with service, not indulgence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, where such dharma-centered boons are narrated as part of the city’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A conditional observance tied to eating order and feeding others, governing the boon’s ‘akṣaya’ effect.