Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

इदानीमेव पक्वान्नकरणव्यग्रया मया । स्थापिता भाजने क्वापि विस्मृतेति न वेद्म्यहम्

Transliteration

idānīmeva pakvānnakaraṇavyagrayā mayā | sthāpitā bhājane kvāpi vismṛteti na vedmyaham

Translation

“เมื่อครู่นี้เอง ด้วยความวุ่นวายในการจัดทำอาหารสุก เราได้วางมันไว้ที่ใดสักแห่งในภาชนะหนึ่ง แล้วก็ลืมไป—ไม่รู้ว่าไว้ที่ไหน”

Word by Word

• idānīm: now
• idānīm: Adverbial (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• pakva-anna-karaṇa-vyagrayā: being busy with preparing cooked food
• pakva-anna-karaṇa-vyagrayā: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pakva+anna+karaṇa+vyagra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/तृतीया), एकवचन — Feminine instrumental singular; समास: पक्वान्नकरणव्यग्रा = पक्वान्नस्य करणेन व्यग्रा (busy with preparing cooked food)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3/तृतीया), एकवचन — Pronoun, instrumental singular

• sthāpitā: was placed
• sthāpitā: Kriyā (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु) + p (णिच्) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — ‘placed/kept’ (passive)

• bhājane: in a vessel
• bhājane: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhājana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter locative singular

• kvāpi: somewhere
• kvāpi: Adverbial (place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva+api (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न/अनिश्चितार्थक अव्यय (indefinite adverb)

• vismṛtā: forgotten
• vismṛtā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi+smṛ (स्मृ धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — ‘forgotten’ (predicate/elliptic: ‘(it is) forgotten’)

• iti: thus
• iti: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/विचारार्थक अव्यय (‘thinking/that’)

• na: not
• na: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध निपात (negation)

• vedmi: I know
• vedmi: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (विद् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 1st person singular

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Pronoun, nominative singular

Speaker

Dīkṣitāyinī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kitchen-adjacent shrine space: steaming pots, vessels stacked, and Dīkṣitāyinī admits she placed the ring somewhere in a vessel while cooking and forgot; the scene balances mundane clutter with sacred intent.

Characters & Entities

• Dīkṣitāyinī
• cooked food (pakvānna)
• vessel (bhājana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Household dharma involves many duties; the Purāṇas portray realistic human limitations while still upholding the priority of righteous conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred context; this verse is narrative detail without naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it references preparation for feeding/worship-related hospitality.