Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

खाद्यन्ते यत्र धान्यानि पक्वापक्वानि वेश्मनि । तद्वच्छाखाश्च तत्र त्वं भूतैः सह चरिष्यसि

Transliteration

khādyante yatra dhānyāni pakvāpakvāni veśmani | tadvacchākhāśca tatra tvaṃ bhūtaiḥ saha cariṣyasi

Translation

പാകമായതും പാകമാകാത്തതുമായ ധാന്യം വിവേചനമില്ലാതെ ഗൃഹത്തിൽ ഭക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടുകയും, കൊമ്പുകളും ശാഖകളും അങ്ങനെ തന്നെ അശാസ്ത്രീയമായി കിടക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നിടത്ത്—അവിടെ നീ ഭൂതങ്ങളോടൊപ്പം സഞ്ചരിക്കും.

Word by Word

• khādyante: are eaten
• khādyante: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khād (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्ध (relative locative adverb: 'where')

• dhānyāni: grains
• dhānyāni: Karma (Object in passive: patient/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• pakva-apakvāni: cooked and uncooked
• pakva-apakvāni: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pakva (प्रातिपदिक) + apakva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (इतरेतरद्वन्द्व); विशेषणम् (dhānyāni इति)

• veśmani: in the house
• veśmani: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veśman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• tadvat: likewise
• tadvat: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadvat (अव्यय/तद्वत्)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'likewise')

• śākhāḥ: branches
• śākhāḥ: Adhikarana (Locative sense via ellipsis: 'on branches')
• Type: Noun
• Root: śākhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-प्रथमा-रूप (प्रथमा/1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun)

• bhūtaiḥ: with spirits/beings
• bhūtaiḥ: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपसर्गसदृश (postposition: 'with')

• cariṣyasi: you will roam
• cariṣyasi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/लृट्), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (Kumāra) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disorderly dining area: cooked and uncooked grains being eaten without decorum; scattered twigs and branches on the floor; shadowy bhūtas moving alongside a wandering figure, indicating ‘roaming with bhūtas’.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Food discipline and cleanliness are dharmic safeguards; careless consumption and disorder are portrayed as inviting negative forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the broader māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the implied rule is proper handling of food (annācāra) and household cleanliness.