Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

रंभापत्रे च भोक्तव्यं वर्जितं लवणेन हि । एकादश्यां चोपवासं प्रकुर्वीत प्रयत्नतः

Transliteration

raṃbhāpatre ca bhoktavyaṃ varjitaṃ lavaṇena hi | ekādaśyāṃ copavāsaṃ prakurvīta prayatnataḥ

Translation

พึงฉันบนใบตอง และงดเกลือโดยแท้ และในวันเอกาทศี พึงถืออุโบสถด้วยความเพียร

Word by Word

• रम्भापत्रे: on a banana leaf
• रम्भापत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रम्भा + पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (rambhāyāḥ patram)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• भोक्तव्यम्: is to be eaten
• भोक्तव्यम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √भुज् (धातु) + तव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (gerundive: to be eaten)

• वर्जितम्: avoiding/excluding
• वर्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (excluded/avoided)

• लवणेन: with salt
• लवणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• एकादश्याम्: on the eleventh (tithi)
• एकादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• उपवासम्: fasting
• उपवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रकुर्वीत: should perform
• प्रकुर्वीत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रयत्नतः: with effort/diligently
• प्रयत्नतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb: from effort)

Speaker

Kaśyapa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee preparing a simple meal on a plantain leaf, consciously leaving out salt; nearby a calendar/astral motif indicating Ekādaśī and the resolve to fast.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Raṃbhāpatra (banana leaf)
• Lavaṇa (salt)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Small acts of restraint—simplifying food and embracing fasting—purify intention and deepen devotional focus.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is specified in this verse; it is a vrata-vidhi instruction within Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Eat on a banana leaf, avoid salt, and perform fasting on Ekādaśī with diligence.