Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

गृहेऽपि तस्य योऽश्नीयाज्जिह्वालौल्यात्कथंचन । चान्द्रायणेन शुध्येत तप्तकृच्छ्रेण वा पुनः

Transliteration

gṛhe'pi tasya yo'śnīyājjihvālaulyātkathaṃcana | cāndrāyaṇena śudhyeta taptakṛcchreṇa vā punaḥ

Translation

แม้ผู้ใดไปกินในเรือนของเขา—ไม่ว่าด้วยเหตุใด เพียงเพราะความละโมบของลิ้น—ผู้นั้นพึงชำระตนด้วยพรตจันทรายณะ หรือด้วยตบะทัปตะ-กฤจฉระอีกครั้งหนึ่ง

Word by Word

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण) एकवचनम्; locative singular

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle)

• तस्य: of him/of that person
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचनम्; genitive singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; nominative singular

• अश्नीयात्: should eat
• अश्नीयात्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष एकवचनम्; parasmaipada

• जिह्वालौल्यात्: from greed of the tongue
• जिह्वालौल्यात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक) + लोल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (जिह्वायाः लोल्यम् = tongue’s greed); नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम्; ablative of cause

• कथंचन: in any manner/at all
• कथंचन: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक (in any way/at all)

• चान्द्रायणेन: by the Cāndrāyaṇa vow
• चान्द्रायणेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चान्द्रायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्; instrumental singular (by the Cāndrāyaṇa penance)

• शुध्येत: should be purified
• शुध्येत: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम् (middle)

• तप्तकृच्छ्रेण: by the ‘taptakṛcchra’ penance
• तप्तकृच्छ्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (तप्तं कृच्छ्रम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्; instrumental alternative means

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपातः (disjunctive particle)

• पुनः: again/further
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (again/further)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Uttānapāda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, tempted by taste, eats in a dubious household; later he performs austere penance—measured lunar-diet (Cāndrāyaṇa) or heated austerity (Tapta-Kṛcchra)—near a quiet hermitage by the river.

Characters & Entities

• Cāndrāyaṇa
• Tapta-Kṛcchra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association and participation (even by eating) in an unethical context can incur impurity, requiring conscious atonement and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the focus is prāyaścitta (expiation) within Revākhaṇḍa’s dharma teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prāyaścitta through Cāndrāyaṇa or Tapta-Kṛcchra for one who ate in the offender’s house due to palate-greed.