Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एकाशनं ब्रह्मचर्यं भूशय्यां सत्यवादिताम् । वर्जनं च परान्नस्य प्रतिग्रहविवर्जनम्

Transliteration

ekāśanaṃ brahmacaryaṃ bhūśayyāṃ satyavāditām | varjanaṃ ca parānnasya pratigrahavivarjanam

Translation

พึงถือวัตรฉันเพียงมื้อเดียว รักษาพรหมจรรย์ นอนบนพื้นดิน และกล่าวสัจจะ; อีกทั้งพึงเว้นอาหารที่ผู้อื่นให้ และเว้นการรับของกำนัลหรือทานที่มอบให้

Word by Word

• एकाशनम्: eating once (a day)
• एकाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + आशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (एकं आशनम्)

• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: celibacy
• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भूशय्याम्: sleeping on the ground
• भूशय्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक) + शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भूमौ शय्या)

• सत्यवादिताम्: truthfulness
• सत्यवादिताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वादिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक (truthfulness); तत्पुरुषः (सत्यं वदति इति)

• वर्जनम्: avoidance
• वर्जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्जन (प्रातिपदिक; √वृज्/√वर्ज् भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• परान्नस्य: of another's food
• परान्नस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (परस्य अन्नम्)

• प्रतिग्रहविवर्जनम्: avoidance of accepting gifts
• प्रतिग्रहविवर्जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (प्रतिग्रहस्य विवर्जनम्)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa/rajendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim lives austerely on the road: a single simple meal, a grass mat on bare earth, a water-pot and staff; he declines offered delicacies and gifts, maintaining a calm truthful demeanor.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmacarya
• Niyama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The fruit of pilgrimage depends on inner discipline—restraint in food, senses, speech, and worldly dependence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site; these are general vows for tīrtha-yātrā in the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ekāśana, brahmacarya, sleeping on the ground, speaking truth, avoiding others’ food, and not accepting gifts.