Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स च विश्वावसुर्नाम पुलस्त्यस्य सुतो मुनिः । मंत्रपूतस्य मांसस्य भक्षणार्थं समागतः

Transliteration

sa ca viśvāvasurnāma pulastyasya suto muniḥ | maṃtrapūtasya māṃsasya bhakṣaṇārthaṃ samāgataḥ

Translation

และผู้นั้นคือฤๅษีนามว่า วิศวาวสุ บุตรแห่งปุลัสตยะ ผู้มาด้วยประสงค์จะเสวยเนื้อที่ชำระให้ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ด้วยมนตร์

Word by Word

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधकः निपातः (conjunction)

• विश्वावसुः: Viśvāvasu (name)
• विश्वावसुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वावसु (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; व्यक्तिनाम

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; नामनिर्देशकः निपातः (indeed/by name)

• पुलस्त्यस्य: of Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• मन्त्रपूतस्य: of (the) mantra-purified
• मन्त्रपूतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र + पूत (पू धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘मन्त्रेण पूत’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थः; विशेषणम्

• मांसस्य: of flesh
• मांसस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• भक्षणार्थम्: for the purpose of eating
• भक्षणार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्षण + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिके; समासः)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; ‘भक्षणस्य अर्थः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; प्रयोजनार्थे (purpose)

• समागतः: having arrived/came
• समागतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past participle) ‘समागत’; पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (having come)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, context not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator reveals the terrifying figure is actually the sage Viśvāvasu, son of Pulastya, arriving to partake of meat sanctified by mantras—an unsettling contrast between identity and appearance.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāvasu
• Pulastya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when acts are framed as ritually sanctioned, intention and conduct must align with dharma; lineage alone does not protect from moral error.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the focus is on identifying the character within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references offerings being ‘mantra-purified’ (mantrapūta), indicating sanctification through mantra in a ritual setting.