Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

आनर्त उवाच । मांसं विगर्हितं विप्र यतः शास्त्रे निगद्यते । तस्मात्तत्क्रियते केन श्राद्धं कीर्तय मेऽखिलम्

Transliteration

ānarta uvāca | māṃsaṃ vigarhitaṃ vipra yataḥ śāstre nigadyate | tasmāttatkriyate kena śrāddhaṃ kīrtaya me'khilam

Translation

อานรตกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่พราหมณ์ เมื่อศาสตรวาจากล่าวติเตียนเนื้อสัตว์ แล้วการถวายเนื้อนั้นผู้ใดทำ และทำอย่างไร? ขอท่านจงอธิบายพิธีศราทธะให้ข้าพเจ้าทราบโดยสิ้นเชิง”

Word by Word

• आनर्तः: Ānarta
• आनर्तः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Nom., Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु), लिट् (परोक्सभूत)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• मांसम्: meat
• मांसम्: Karta (Topic/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• विगर्हितम्: condemned
• विगर्हितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√गर्ह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Voc., Singular)

• यतः: since/because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/हेत्वर्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable: 'since/because')

• शास्त्रे: in the scripture
• शास्त्रे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Loc., Singular)

• निगद्यते: is stated
• निगद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√गद् (धातु), लट्, कर्मणि
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive: 'is stated')

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभूत (adverbial: 'therefore')

• तत्: that (act/thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• क्रियते: is performed
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु), लट्, कर्मणि
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive: 'is done')

• केन: by whom/with what
• केन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Interrogative; Instr., Singular)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• कीर्तय: tell/describe
• कीर्तय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कीर्त्/कीर्तय् (धातु), लोट्
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (2nd person singular)

• मे: to me/for me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Gen./Dat., Singular)

• अखिलम्: entire/complete
• अखिलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Acc., Singular)

Speaker

Ānarta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a brāhmaṇa interlocutor (later identified as Bhartṛyajña)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A regional king/personified Ānarta respectfully questions a learned brāhmaṇa about the apparent contradiction between śāstric censure of meat and its mention in śrāddha offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Ānarta
• vipra (brāhmaṇa)
• Śāstra
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual practice must be reconciled with scriptural ethics; questioning and clarification are part of dharmic understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding text is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-glorification setting; this verse marks a doctrinal question rather than a site description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription is given here; it introduces a query asking for a complete explanation of śrāddha, especially regarding censured meat offerings.