Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एकाशनं तथा शय्या एकान्नेन च भोजनम् । अष्टमेऽब्दे च संजाते पिता तस्या द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

ekāśanaṃ tathā śayyā ekānnena ca bhojanam | aṣṭame'bde ca saṃjāte pitā tasyā dvijottamāḥ

Translation

ทั้งสองนั่งอาสนะเดียวกัน นอนที่นอนเดียวกัน และฉันอาหารจากข้าวเดียวกัน ครั้นเมื่อปีที่แปดของนางมาถึง โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่ทวิชะ บิดาของนางก็เริ่มใคร่ครวญถึง (ภายภาคหน้า)

Word by Word

• eka-āśanam: single meal (once-eating)
• eka-āśanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + āśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘एकं āśanam’ (one meal/eating once)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘likewise’

• śayyā: bed / sleeping (together)
• śayyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śayyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• eka-annena: with the same food / with one kind of food
• eka-annena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘एकम् अन्नम्’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• bhojanam: eating / meal
• bhojanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• aṣṭame: in the eighth
• aṣṭame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (abde)

• abde: year
• abde: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• saṃjāte: when (it) had occurred
• saṃjāte: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√jan (धातु) → saṃjāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute with abde)

• pitā: father
• pitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• dvija-uttamāḥ: the best of Brahmins (honorific)
• dvija-uttamāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयप्रायः—‘द्विजेषु उत्तमाः’ (best of Brahmins). (पाठे बहुवचनम्; अर्थतः ‘श्रेष्ठो द्विजः’ इति एकवचनार्थे सम्मान-बहुवचनम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija audience (explicitly addressed: ‘O best of the twice-born’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two girls share a simple meal and rest in the same chamber; the father, a venerable brāhmaṇa, watches thoughtfully, signaling impending decisions.

Characters & Entities

• Ratnavatī
• Brāhmaṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights unity, loyalty, and simplicity—virtues praised in dharmic storytelling as foundations for later life choices.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes shared living and the passage of time.