Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ततो विसर्ज्य तान्विप्रान्भोजनं स्वयमाचरेत् । सर्वाहारेण राजेंद्र पंचगव्यप्रपूर्वकम्

Transliteration

tato visarjya tānviprānbhojanaṃ svayamācaret | sarvāhāreṇa rājeṃdra paṃcagavyaprapūrvakam

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാരെ ആദരത്തോടെ യാത്രയാക്കി, ഹേ രാജേന്ദ്രാ, സ്വയം ഭോജനം ചെയ്യണം. ആദ്യം പഞ്ചഗവ്യം സേവിച്ച്, പിന്നെ എല്ലാ വിധ ആഹാരങ്ങളാൽ നിയമഭംഗം ചെയ്യണം.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक

• विसर्ज्य: having dismissed
• विसर्ज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having dismissed/sent away’

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• भोजनम्: meal/food-taking
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: oneself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Agent emphasis/कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (reflexive adverb: oneself)

• आचरेत्: should perform/practice
• आचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वाहारेण: with all kinds of food / with full diet
• सर्वाहारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• पञ्चगव्य-प्रपूर्वकम्: preceded by pañcagavya
• पञ्चगव्य-प्रपूर्वकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चगव्य-प्रपूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्चगव्य + प्रपूर्वक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘bhojanam’)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vrata-observer, having fed seated brāhmaṇas, offers respectful dismissal; then receives pañcagavya and begins the concluding meal in a tīrtha setting.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra
• Pañcagavya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow should be concluded properly—honor others first, then return to ordinary life through a ritually mindful closure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse; it details the concluding procedure of the observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After dismissing the brāhmaṇas, perform pāraṇa by eating—beginning with pañcagavya, then taking normal foods.