Shloka 40 - Adhyaya 206 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Marathi | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

दर्व्यादिस्थेन नो तेषां संबन्धो दृश्यते यतः । यश्च शूकरवद्भुंक्ते यश्च पाणितले द्विजः । न तदश्नंति पितरो यः सवाचं समश्नुते

Transliteration

darvyādisthena no teṣāṃ saṃbandho dṛśyate yataḥ | yaśca śūkaravadbhuṃkte yaśca pāṇitale dvijaḥ | na tadaśnaṃti pitaro yaḥ savācaṃ samaśnute

Translation

दर्वी इत्यादी साधने हातात धरून जे खातात त्यांचा विधीशी योग्य संबंध दिसत नाही. जो डुकरासारखा खातो, जो द्विज हाताच्या तळव्यावर खातो, आणि जो बोलत बोलत भोजन करतो—ते अन्न पितर स्वीकारत नाहीत.

Word by Word

दर्व्यादिस्थेनby/with (food) placed in a ladle etc.

नnot

तेषाम्of them

संबन्धःconnection/association

दृश्यतेis seen/appears

यतःbecause

यःwho

चand

शूकरवत्like a boar

भुङ्क्तेeats

यःwho

चand

पाणितलेon the palm

द्विजःa Brahmin

नnot

तत्that (food/offerings)

अश्नन्तिeat

पितरःthe ancestors

यःwho

सवाचम्with speech (speaking)

समश्नुतेeats (together/while)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa seated for śrāddha meal, hands composed, eating quietly from a proper plate; to one side, a cautionary vignette of a man eating noisily/messily like a boar and another eating from his palm; above, faint pitṛ figures turning away from the noisy eater.

Characters & Entities

Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha must be done with restraint and ritual propriety; careless eating and talking makes the offering ineffective for the Pitṛs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), where correct Śrāddha conduct is praised as part of its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintain decorum while eating/offering in Śrāddha—avoid improper modes of eating and avoid speaking while consuming the ritual food.