Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

आढक्यश्चणकाश्चैव कणाः सप्तदश स्मृताः । इत्येता ओषधीनां च ग्राम्याणां जातयः स्मृताः

Transliteration

āḍhakyaścaṇakāścaiva kaṇāḥ saptadaśa smṛtāḥ | ityetā oṣadhīnāṃ ca grāmyāṇāṃ jātayaḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

ആഢകീയും ചണകവും (കടല) കൂടി—ഇങ്ങനെ ‘കണങ്ങൾ’ പതിനേഴെന്ന് സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ഇവ തന്നെയാണ് ഔഷധികളിൽ ഗ്രാമ്യ (കൃഷിയോഗ്യ) ജാതികളായി സ്മൃതം.

Word by Word

• āḍhakyāḥ: āḍhakī-beans (a kind of pulse)
• āḍhakyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āḍhakī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• caṇakāḥ: chickpeas
• caṇakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kaṇāḥ: kaṇa-grains/pulses (a kind)
• kaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• saptadaśa: seventeen
• saptadaśa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptadaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (numeral adjective), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचनार्थे (qualifying plural set)

• smṛtāḥ: are said/are remembered (as)
• smṛtāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय (predicative)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्ति-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• etāḥ: these
• etāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• oṣadhīnām: of herbs/plants
• oṣadhīnām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: oṣadhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• grāmyāṇām: domestic/cultivated
• grāmyāṇām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: grāmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सम्भव, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying oṣadhīnām)

• jātayaḥ: kinds/species
• jātayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• smṛtāḥ: are stated/are remembered
• smṛtāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय (predicative)

Speaker

Likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding tableau: a teacher-sage points to a completed circular mandala-like arrangement of seventeen grain heaps; students bow, indicating the list is finalized.

Characters & Entities

• Āḍhakī
• Caṇaka
• Oṣadhi
• Grāmya (cultivated)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cultivation and nourishment are part of dharma; the Purāṇa sacralizes agrarian life by rooting it in cosmic origin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the Māhātmya frames worldly abundance as a reflection of sacred power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse provides a canonical list useful for ritual/household categorization.