Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

भोजनं वाथ पानीयं योऽस्य सद्मनि कर्हिचित् । करिष्यति स चाऽप्येवं पतितः संभविष्यति

Transliteration

bhojanaṃ vātha pānīyaṃ yo'sya sadmani karhicit | kariṣyati sa cā'pyevaṃ patitaḥ saṃbhaviṣyati

Translation

ผู้ใดเมื่อใดก็ตามในเรือนของตน จัดอาหารหรือแม้แต่น้ำดื่มให้เขา ผู้นั้นก็จักตกเป็นผู้เสื่อม (ปติตะ) เช่นเดียวกัน

Word by Word

• भोजनम्: food
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक/disjunctive: ‘or’)

• अथ: and/then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक: ‘and/then’)

• पानीयम्: drinking water
• पानीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पानीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of him/this person’

• सद्मनि: in (his) house
• सद्मनि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कर्हिचित्: at any time
• कर्हिचित्: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्हिचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/indefinite temporal adverb: ‘ever/at any time’)

• करिष्यति: will do/provide
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

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

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक/manner adverb: ‘thus/in this way’)

• पतितः: fallen (outcaste)
• पतितः: Karta (Predicate of subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त; √पत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण/‘fallen, degraded’

• संभविष्यति: will become/come to be
• संभविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household threshold scene: a person offers water/food but hesitates; elders warn that even giving a sip in the censured man’s house causes fall; vessels and doorway symbolize boundary.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is communal: knowingly supporting wrongdoing or a condemned act can transmit demerit and social/ritual fall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the immediate snippet does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prohibition: do not offer hospitality (food/water) in one’s home in a way that incurs patitatva by association.