Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
ततश्च श्रपयामास सुसमिद्धे हुताशने । क्षुत्क्षामो भोजनार्थाय ततः पाकाग्रमेव च
Transliteration
tataśca śrapayāmāsa susamiddhe hutāśane | kṣutkṣāmo bhojanārthāya tataḥ pākāgrameva ca
Translation
பசியால் மெலிந்த அவர், உண்பதற்காக நன்கு மூட்டப்பட்ட நெருப்பில் அதை வேகவைத்தார்; அது சமைப்பதற்காக அங்கேயே காத்திருந்தார்.
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
श्रपयामासcooked/boiled
श्रपयामास:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रप् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; causative sense in usage ‘caused to be cooked/cooked’ (contextual)
सुसमिद्धेin the well-kindled
सुसमिद्धे:
अधिकरण-विशेषण (Locative qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु + समिद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इध्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; हुताशन-विशेषणम्; कर्मधारयः—सु (well) + समिद्ध (kindled)
हुताशनेin the fire
हुताशने:
अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहुताशन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—हुतं अश्नाति इति (fire)
क्षुत्क्षामःemaciated by hunger
क्षुत्क्षामः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षुत् (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—क्षुता क्षामः (emaciated by hunger)
भोजनार्थायfor eating/for food
भोजनार्थाय:
सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (Dative of purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—भोजनस्य अर्थः (for the sake of food)
ततःthen
ततः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
पाकाग्रमेवthe very first portion of the cooked food
पाकाग्रमेव:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाक + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक-समास) + एव (अव्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—पाकस्य अग्रं (the first portion/foremost of the cooked food); एव = निपात (emphasis)
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A bright, well-fed fire in a bleak place; the sage, gaunt, tends a pot, waiting—stillness charged with moral weight.
Characters & Entities
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ViśvāmitraFAQs
The verse highlights bodily necessity as a powerful force, preparing the narrative to show how dharma is negotiated under extreme distress.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
Cooking in a kindled fire is described, but no formal prescription (vidhi) is stated here.