Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मुन्यन्नैः स्वयमानीतैः पुरोडाशांश्च निर्वपेत् । स्वयंकृतं च लवणं खादेत्स्नेहं फलोद्रवम्

Transliteration

munyannaiḥ svayamānītaiḥ puroḍāśāṃśca nirvapet | svayaṃkṛtaṃ ca lavaṇaṃ khādetsnehaṃ phalodravam

Translation

तो स्वतः आणलेल्या मुन्यन्नाने पुरोडाश (यज्ञ-केक) तयार करावा; आणि स्वतः केलेले मीठ, घृतादि स्नेह व फळरस यांसह सेवन करावे।

Word by Word

• मुन्यन्नैः: with sage-food (food prescribed for sages/ascetics)
• मुन्यन्नैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुन्यन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—मुनि + अन्न (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देशार्थ)

• स्वयम्: by oneself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आनीतैः: brought (having been brought)
• आनीतैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-नी (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), तृतीया बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विशेषणम् (qualifying मुन्यन्नैः)

• पुरोडाशान्: puroḍāśa cakes (sacrificial rice-cakes)
• पुरोडाशान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोडाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• निर्वपेत्: should offer/prepare (by placing/strewing)
• निर्वपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-वप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वयंकृतम्: self-made
• स्वयंकृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय) + कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः (स्वयम् + कृत); भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying लवणम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• लवणम्: salt
• लवणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• खादेत्: should eat
• खादेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: खाद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्नेहम्: fat/ghee/oil (unctuous substance)
• स्नेहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• फलोद्रवम्: fruit-juice/extract
• फलोद्रवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल + उद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—फलस्य उद्रवः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A restrained ascetic in Kāśī prepares puroḍāśa from self-gathered forest grains, with a small fire-altar; beside him are a stone grinder, a salt pan, and vessels of ghee and fruit-juice, with distant ghats and temple spires.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Puroḍāśa
• Vānaprastha diet

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-reliance and purity: offerings and food should come from one’s own effort, minimizing dependence and attachment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is mentioned; this is a dharma guideline within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Preparing/using puroḍāśa from self-collected wild grains; restricting consumption to self-prepared simple items.