Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

नैवान्नं नो जलं किंचिन्न भुक्तं तद्दिने तया । चिंतयंती पतिं चापि लुब्धकी त्वयन्निशाम्

Transliteration

naivānnaṃ no jalaṃ kiṃcinna bhuktaṃ taddine tayā | ciṃtayaṃtī patiṃ cāpi lubdhakī tvayanniśām

Translation

ఆ రోజున ఆ వేటగత్తె అన్నమూ తినలేదు, నీళ్లు కూడా తాగలేదు. భర్తనే తలచుకుంటూ ఆందోళనతో రాత్రంతా మేల్కొని ఉంది.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• एव: at all/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (indeed/at all)

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• उ: even/also (forming ‘nor’)
• उ: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: u (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/assent particle; here with न = nor)

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (indefinite pronoun: anything)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• भुक्तम्: was eaten
• भुक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) → bhukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (eaten)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular; in that)

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular: on the day)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental singular: by her)

• चिन्तयन्ती: thinking
• चिन्तयन्ती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु) → cintayantī (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्तरि कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (present active participle: thinking)

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• लुब्धकी: the huntress woman
• लुब्धकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lubdhakī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (a female hunter/tribal woman)

• त्वयन्: making a ‘tvayan’ sound / sobbing (onomatopoeic)
• त्वयन्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्वयन् (अव्यय/अनुकरण)
• Form: अनुकरण-अव्यय (onomatopoeic/imitative indeclinable; used adverbially)

• निशाम्: the night
• निशाम्: Karma (Extent of time/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular; duration)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience (frame sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night scene: the woman sits sleepless, untouched food and water beside her, eyes fixed on the doorway, mind absorbed in her husband’s fate.

Characters & Entities

• lubdhakī (huntress woman)
• pati (husband)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast devotion and self-restraint (fasting and mental focus) are presented as dharmic qualities that prepare one for divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra (Kedāranātha region) within the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed here; the verse highlights upavāsa-like restraint (abstaining from food and water) as a sign of resolve.