Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

दुर्वासा उवाच । मुक्त्वा श्राद्धं तथा यज्ञं न मांसं भक्षयेद्द्विजः । विशेषेण व्रतस्यांते चातुर्मास्योद्भवस्य च

Transliteration

durvāsā uvāca | muktvā śrāddhaṃ tathā yajñaṃ na māṃsaṃ bhakṣayeddvijaḥ | viśeṣeṇa vratasyāṃte cāturmāsyodbhavasya ca

Translation

ทุรวาสากล่าวว่า: นอกจากในพิธีศราทธะและยัญญะแล้ว ชนทวิชะไม่พึงกินเนื้อ โดยเฉพาะยิ่งเมื่อสิ้นสุดวรต และยิ่งนักในวรตที่เกี่ยวเนื่องกับจาตุรมาสยะ

Word by Word

• दुर्वासाः: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durvāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुक्त्वा: excepting, leaving aside
• मुक्त्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √muc (मुच् धातु) + क्त्वा → muktvā (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): 'having left/excepting'

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/प्रकार): 'also, likewise'

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• मांसम्: meat
• मांसम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• भक्षयेत्: should eat
• भक्षयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhakṣ (भक्ष् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Potential/Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्विजः: a Brahmin (twice-born)
• द्विजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तृतीया-रूपेण क्रियाविशेषणवत्: 'especially'

• व्रतस्य: of the vow
• व्रतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• चातुर्मास्य: of the four-month (rite/period)
• चातुर्मास्य: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (समासाङ्ग-पूर्वपद); द्विगु: चत्वारः मासाः यस्य (four-monthly)

• उद्भवस्य: of what arises from the cāturmāsya
• उद्भवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: चातुर्मास्य-उद्भवः (arising from the cāturmāsya)

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

Speaker

Durvāsā

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Śrāddha
• Yajña
• Cāturmāsya
• Dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vrata-dharma requires restraint; violating dietary discipline, especially at vow’s completion, undermines spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as dharma-instruction within a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative; the focus is on vrata purity rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avoid meat for dvijas, with stated exceptions tied to śrāddha and yajña; be especially strict at the end of Cāturmāsya-related vows.