Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

तृतीयादौ सप्तम्यंतदिनपञ्चकमेव च । ओषध्यानयवैयग्र्यादवहारो बभूव ह

Transliteration

tṛtīyādau saptamyaṃtadinapañcakameva ca | oṣadhyānayavaiyagryādavahāro babhūva ha

Translation

ତୃତୀୟା ତିଥିରୁ ସପ୍ତମୀ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ—ଏହି ପାଞ୍ଚ ଦିନରେ—ଔଷଧି ଗଛଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଆଣିବା ହେତୁ ପ୍ରଧାନତଃ ଆହାର ଗ୍ରହଣ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• तृतीय: on the third (lunar day)
• तृतीय: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तिथि-नाम (implicit: तृतीयायाम्)

• आदौ: at the beginning
• आदौ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), आरम्भार्थ

• सप्तमि: (up to) the seventh
• सप्तमि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तिथि-नाम (in compound context)

• अन्त: ending
• अन्त: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, अव्ययीभावार्थे (as bound member), ‘ending’ sense

• दिन: day
• दिन: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, अव्ययीभावार्थे (as bound member)

• पञ्चकम्: a set of five (days)
• पञ्चकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘group of five’

• एव: only/just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थ

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• ओषधि: of herbs
• ओषधि: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); in compound context

• अनय: of bringing
• अनय: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); ‘bringing/leading’ (as noun)

• वैयग्र्यात्: due to urgency/haste
• वैयग्र्यात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैयग्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); हेतौ पञ्चमी

• अवहारः: the taking away/removal
• अवहारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• बभूव: happened/occurred
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed/it is said
• ह: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), कथनानुवाद/स्मरणार्थ

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A five-day span (tṛtīyā to saptamī) depicted as a camp scene: vānaras and allies gathering medicinal herbs; restrained eating as part of war discipline.

Characters & Entities

• Oṣadhi (medicinal herbs)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protection of life is dharma: even amid war, urgent healing and restoration of the righteous host becomes a sacred priority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse highlights an episode of medicinal aid within the narrative timeline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it notes a practical cause (herb-bringing) for the community’s actions during those tithis.