Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83
Devanagari script
यथायथा सा कुरुते कन्दमूलफलाशनम् । तनुत्वं याति कायेन तथा चैव दिनेदिने
Transliteration
yathāyathā sā kurute kandamūlaphalāśanam | tanutvaṃ yāti kāyena tathā caiva dinedine
Translation
ยิ่งนางบริโภคเพียงหัวพืช ราก และผลไม้เป็นอาหาร ร่างกายของนางก็ยิ่งซูบผอมลงวันแล้ววันเล่า
Word by Word
यथाas/just as
यथा:
Modifier (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (correlative adverb)
यथाas and as/whenever
यथा:
Modifier (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (repetition for distributive/iterative sense)
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
कुरुतेdoes/undertakes
कुरुते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
कन्दमूलफलाशनम्eating of bulbs, roots, and fruits
कन्दमूलफलाशनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्द + मूल + फल + आशन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective copulative: ‘bulbs, roots, fruits’ + ‘eating’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
तनुत्वम्thinness
तनुत्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतनुत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
यातिgoes/attains
याति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
कायेनin/with the body
कायेन:
Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधन/अवयव-निर्देशः
तथाso/likewise
तथा:
Modifier (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (correlative adverb)
चand
च:
Connector (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
Modifier (Emphasis/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphasis)
दिनेin a day
दिने:
Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
दिनेday by day
दिने:
Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति—‘day by day’
Speaker
Male narrator within the episode (first-person account)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Day by day, the daughter eats only bulbs, roots, and fruits; her body grows thinner—an austere, poignant image of gradual emaciation in the hermitage.
Characters & Entities
K
Kandamūla-phala (forest fare)FAQs
Austerity is portrayed as real, embodied restraint, not merely an idea—its effects appear in daily life.
The episode continues within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra glorification framework of Adhyāya 185.
A dietary austerity (kandamūla-phala-āśana) is mentioned as part of ascetic practice.