Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अथ तृप्तेन मांसस्य ज्ञातस्तेन रसो द्विजाः । ततः कोपपरीतात्मा तं शशाप मुनीश्वरः

Transliteration

atha tṛptena māṃsasya jñātastena raso dvijāḥ | tataḥ kopaparītātmā taṃ śaśāpa munīśvaraḥ

Translation

हे द्विजांनो! तृप्त झाल्यावर त्याला मांसाचा स्वाद कळला. तेव्हा क्रोधाने व्यापलेल्या मनाचा तो मुनीश्वर त्या राजाला शाप देऊ लागला.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम-बोधक

• तृप्तेन: by the satisfied (one)
• तृप्तेन: Karana (Instrument/Agentive-instr./करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप् (धातु) → तृप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by/with (one who is) satisfied’

• मांसस्य: of the meat
• मांसस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• ज्ञातः: was known/recognized
• ज्ञातः: Kriya-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (रसो ज्ञातः)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Agentive-instr./करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• रसः: the taste
• रसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्विजाः: O brāhmaṇas / twice-born
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे पाठभेदे ‘द्विज’ (Vocative) सम्भवः

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम-बोधक

• कोपपरीतात्मा: whose mind was overcome by anger
• कोपपरीतात्मा: Karta-vishesana (Agent-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + परीत (कृदन्त) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (कोपेन परीतः आत्मा यस्य सः)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शशाप: cursed
• शशाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुनीश्वरः: the lord of sages
• मुनीश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Sūta (addressing the sages as dvijāḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After finishing, the brāhmaṇa’s expression changes from relief to alarm and anger; he realizes the meat taste, rises or gestures in condemnation; the king appears startled, the court freezes.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Durvāsā (Munīśvara)
• King
• Dvijas (sages/audience)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings must align with a vow-holder’s discipline; violating vrata, even indirectly, is treated as a serious dharmic fault with karmic consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse advances the moral narrative within Tīrthamāhātmya rather than praising a named tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avoiding prohibited items during vrata and pāraṇa is implied; the text highlights the taboo of meat for the vow-observer here.