Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

पुनस्त्वाहारयेल्लोहं विधिरेष प्रकीर्तितः । अथातः संप्रऐवक्ष्यामि तप्तमाषविधिं श्रृणु

Transliteration

punastvāhārayellohaṃ vidhireṣa prakīrtitaḥ | athātaḥ saṃpraaivakṣyāmi taptamāṣavidhiṃ śrṛṇu

Translation

แล้วเขาพึงหยิบเหล็กขึ้นมาอีกครั้ง—นี่คือวิธีที่ได้ประกาศไว้ บัดนี้จงฟัง เราจักกล่าวโดยพิสดารถึงพิธีว่าด้วยถั่วที่เผาร้อน (ตัปตมาษะ)

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adverbial (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic form)

• आहारयेत्: should bring; should fetch
• आहारयेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘make bring/collect’)

• लोहम्: iron
• लोहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• विधिः: procedure; rule
• विधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रकीर्तितः: has been proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तितः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √कीर्त्/√कृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अथ: now; then
• अथ: Discourse/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भार्थक-निपात (now/then)

• अतः: thereafter; hence
• अतः: Adverbial (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अतः (thereafter/therefore)

• सम्प्र: fully; clearly
• सम्प्र: Adverbial/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्प्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात (intensifier: ‘fully/clearly’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (indeed/just)

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तप्तमाषविधिम्: the procedure of heated black-gram (māṣa)
• तप्तमाषविधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तप्त + माष + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तप्तानां माषाणां विधिः)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-priest raises the iron again to demonstrate the declared procedure; beside him are vessels/implements prepared for the next rite—heated beans (māṣa) in a ladle or bowl over fire.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is taught as a structured discipline: rites are performed according to stated procedure, not impulse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it introduces a ritual method.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Re-taking the iron as part of the rite, followed by instruction on the heated-bean (taptamāṣa) procedure.