Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

मन्त्रपूतं महाभाग दद्यादर्घ्यं विचक्षणः । ततो भुञ्जीत मौनेन क्षारतिलाम्लवर्जितम्

Transliteration

mantrapūtaṃ mahābhāga dadyādarghyaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ | tato bhuñjīta maunena kṣāratilāmlavarjitam

Translation

О благородный, мудрый должен поднести архью, очищенную мантрой. Затем пусть ест молча, избегая щёлочной пищи, кунжута и кислого.

Word by Word

• मन्त्रपूतम्: purified by mantra
• मन्त्रपूतम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पू (धातु) → पूत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (मन्त्रेण पूतम्)

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक; महा + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विचक्षणः: the discerning one
• विचक्षणः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कर्ता-विशेषण)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (sequence)

• भुञ्जीत: should eat
• भुञ्जीत: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मौनेन: with silence
• मौनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• क्षारतिलाम्लवर्जितम्: devoid of alkali, sesame, and sour (items)
• क्षारतिलाम्लवर्जितम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षार (प्रातिपदिक) + तिल (प्रातिपदिक) + आम्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वर्ज् (धातु) → वर्जित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण; समास (क्षार-तिल-आम्लैः वर्जितम्)

Speaker

Deductive: Narrative instruction within Revā Khaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king) / mahābhāga addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wise votary offers arghya from a copper vessel with hands in añjali; faint mantra syllables are suggested as script-like curls; later, the votary eats a simple meal in silence, seated on kusa mat, with restricted items absent.

Characters & Entities

• Mantra
• Arghya
• Mauna (silence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra sanctifies action, and restraint in speech and diet preserves the spiritual focus of the vrata.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a vrata-niyama within the Revā Khaṇḍa framework; it does not specify a particular tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer mantra-purified arghya, then eat silently while avoiding kṣāra (alkaline), tila (sesame), and amla (sour) foods.