Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अयाचितं चरेद्यस्तु प्रसुप्ते मधुसूदने । न विच्छेदो भवेत्तस्य कदाचित्सह बंधुभिः

Transliteration

ayācitaṃ caredyastu prasupte madhusūdane | na vicchedo bhavettasya kadācitsaha baṃdhubhiḥ

Translation

เมื่อพระมธุสูทนะ (วิษณุ) ทรงบรรทมโยคนิทรา ผู้ใดดำรงชีพด้วยสิ่งที่ได้มาโดยมิได้ร้องขอ ผู้นั้นย่อมไม่ประสบการพลัดพรากจากญาติวงศ์ในกาลใดๆ

Word by Word

• अयाचितम्: what is not begged for (unsolicited alms/food)
• अयाचितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयाचित (प्रातिपदिक; याच् धातु से क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘unasked (food/alms)’ अर्थे कर्मपद

• चरेत्: should practice/should live on
• चरेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ

• प्रसुप्ते: when (he) is asleep
• प्रसुप्ते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसुप्त (प्रातिपदिक; स्वप् धातु से क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• मधुसूदने: in Madhusūdana (Vishnu)
• मधुसूदने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मधु + सूदन)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• विच्छेदः: separation/break
• विच्छेदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विच्छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: should occur/would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कदाचित्: ever/at any time
• कदाचित्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: at any time/ever)

• सह: with
• सह: Sahartha (Association/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: ‘with’), सह-शब्दयोगे तृतीया अपेक्षा

• बन्धुभिः: with (his) relatives
• बन्धुभिः: Sahartha (Association/सहार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Māhātmya-style narration in Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-devotee during cāturmāsya receives simple food offered freely at a temple courtyard without asking; family members remain united nearby, while Viṣṇu in yoganidrā is shown as a protective presence.

Characters & Entities

• Madhusūdana
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contentment and non-solicitation (ayācita) are praised as dharmic disciplines that safeguard social and familial harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it presents a vrata-based teaching within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ayācita-vrata: living on food or support that comes without asking, during the sacred period associated with Viṣṇu’s sleep.