Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

योऽश्नाति पंक्तिभेदेन सस्यसूपादिकं नरः । अकृत्वा पंचयज्ञं वा भुंक्ते मोहेन स द्विजाः

Transliteration

yo'śnāti paṃktibhedena sasyasūpādikaṃ naraḥ | akṛtvā paṃcayajñaṃ vā bhuṃkte mohena sa dvijāḥ

Translation

โอ้ทวิชะทั้งหลาย ผู้ใดกินธัญพืช น้ำแกง และสิ่งอื่นโดยทำลายระเบียบแห่งการนั่งร่วมสำรับ หรือกินด้วยความหลงโดยมิได้ประกอบปัญจยัชญะก่อน ผู้นั้นย่อมต้องบาป

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular (relative pronoun)

• अश्नाति: eats
• अश्नाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — eats

• पंक्ति-भेदेन: by (causing) a breach in the dining row
• पंक्ति-भेदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पंक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular; करण (means)

• सस्य-सूप-आदिकम्: grain, soup, and the like (food)
• सस्य-सूप-आदिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सूप (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular; कर्म (object)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular

• अकृत्वा: without performing
• अकृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) with negation prefix अ- — ‘not having done’

• पञ्च-यज्ञम्: the five sacrifices (pañca-yajña)
• पञ्च-यज्ञम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular; कर्म (object of ‘akṛtvā’)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक निपात) — disjunctive particle ‘or’

• भुङ्क्ते: eats
• भुङ्क्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — eats/enjoys

• मोहेन: out of delusion
• मोहेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular; हेतु/करण (cause/means)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular (pronoun)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — nominative plural; संबोधनार्थे (vocative sense) used as address

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Setu-khaṇḍa narrative voice within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa household scene: a dining row (pankti) with orderly serving; a contrasting vignette shows a man breaking the line and eating before completing offerings; above, subtle imagery of unseen consequences.

Characters & Entities

• Pañca-mahāyajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily dharma is upheld through disciplined conduct and offerings; careless consumption without duty is portrayed as spiritually harmful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma-rule within the Setu-khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The pañca-yajña (five daily great sacrifices) is prescribed as a prerequisite before eating.