Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

ततस्तु भोजनं तेषां यद्भविष्यति भूतले । तद्वक्ष्यामि स्थिरो भूत्वा शृणु देवप्रपूजक

Transliteration

tatastu bhojanaṃ teṣāṃ yadbhaviṣyati bhūtale | tadvakṣyāmi sthiro bhūtvā śṛṇu devaprapūjaka

Translation

பின்னர் பூமியில் அவர்களுக்கு எத்தகைய உணவு கிடைக்கும் என்பதை நான் உறுதியாகக் கூறுகிறேன். ஓ தேவர்களைப் பரமமாகப் பூஜிப்பவனே, கேள்.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्ययम् (then, thereafter)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle: but/indeed)

• भोजनम्: food, eating
• भोजनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अत्र प्रथमा (predicate/subject)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• यत्: which/what
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• भूतले: on the earth/ground
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; 'यत् ... तत्' correlative

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुषः (1st person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• स्थिरः: steady, firm
• स्थिरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (of the speaker)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु) + त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तम् (gerund)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• देवप्रपूजक: O worshipper of the gods
• देवप्रपूजक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रपूजक (प्रातिपदिक; प्र+पूज् धातोः ण्वुल्)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः (देवान् प्रपूजयति इति); पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Kuśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devaprapūjaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-figure (Kuśa) pauses after prior commands and prepares to explain the earthly ‘food’ of the afflicted beings; the listener is urged to be steady and attentive, hands folded in reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Kuśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual order is taught with clarity: one should listen attentively to dharmic instruction concerning offerings and consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha framework is Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse introduces rules rather than naming the locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An impending prescription about what constitutes the ‘food’ (bhojana/āhāra) for those beings on earth—continued in subsequent verses.