Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

वयं बुभुक्षिताः सर्वे भोजनं दीयतां ध्रुवम् । भवद्भिर्विहिता यस्माद्याचयामो न चापरम्

Transliteration

vayaṃ bubhukṣitāḥ sarve bhojanaṃ dīyatāṃ dhruvam | bhavadbhirvihitā yasmādyācayāmo na cāparam

Translation

Kami semua kelaparan—berikanlah makanan kepada kami tanpa gagal. Oleh sebab kami telah ditetapkan oleh kamu, kami memohon hanya ini dan tiada yang lain.

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुषार्थे; प्रथमा, बहुवचन = Pronoun, Nom. Pl. (‘we’)

• बुभुक्षिताः: hungry
• बुभुक्षिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier of वयम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) → bubhukṣita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन = Masc. Nom. Pl.; ‘hungry’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier of वयम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन = Masc. Nom. Pl.

• भोजनम्: food
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन = Neuter, Acc. Sg.

• दीयताम्: let (it) be given
• दीयताम्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = Imperative passive, 3rd sg.; ‘let it be given’

• ध्रुवम्: certainly; surely
• ध्रुवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणवत् (नपुंसक-एकवचन-आकारेण अव्ययवत्) = adverbial accusative ‘certainly’

• भवद्भिः: by you
• भवद्भिः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन = Pronoun, Instr. Pl. (‘by you’)

• विहिताः: appointed; assigned
• विहिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier of वयम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√धा (धातु) → vihita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन = Masc. Nom. Pl.; ‘appointed/ordained’

• यस्मात्: since; because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यत्-शब्द; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण हेत्वर्थे अव्ययवत् = Abl. Sg. used as causal ‘since/because’

• याचयामः: we beg; we request
• याचयामः: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yāc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन = Present, 1st pl.

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) = negation particle

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) = ‘and’

• अपरम्: anything else
• अपरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Acc. Sg.; ‘anything else’

Speaker

The newly emerged raudra beings (śrāddha-hāraka type beings) addressing the Viśvedevās

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (context continues)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The newly emerged beings, still fierce, speak in unison with outstretched hands, demanding food as their sole request, while the Viśvedevās listen with alarm.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvedevāḥ
• Hungry beings (bubhukṣitāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unregulated appetite and entitlement are depicted as forces that divert sacred offerings—an allegory for guarding ritual purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions within a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative about śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It indirectly concerns the protection and correct allocation of ritual food (naivedya/piṇḍa) in śrāddha.