Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वं यच्छ मे शीघ्रं भोजनं रघुनंदन । नान्येन कारणं किंचित्संन्यस्तस्य धनादिना

Transliteration

tasmāttvaṃ yaccha me śīghraṃ bhojanaṃ raghunaṃdana | nānyena kāraṇaṃ kiṃcitsaṃnyastasya dhanādinā

Translation

ดังนั้น โอ้ผู้เป็นความชื่นใจแห่งวงศ์รฆุ จงรีบมอบอาหารแก่ข้าพเจ้า สำหรับผู้สละแล้ว ย่อมไม่มีเหตุอื่นใดเลย ไม่ข้องเกี่ยวทรัพย์สินและสิ่งทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक (therefore/from that reason)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यच्छ: give
• यच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु; ‘to give’—यच्छति)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (to me—enclitic)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (quickly)

• भोजनम्: food; meal
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• रघुनन्दन: O descendant/son of Raghu
• रघुनन्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘रघोः नन्दनः’

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अन्येन: by any other (means)
• अन्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; ‘by/with another’

• कारणम्: reason
• कारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (anything)

• संन्यस्तस्य: of a renunciant
• संन्यस्तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + नि + अस्/न्यस् (धातु; संन्यास-भाव)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) ‘संन्यस्त’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; ‘of one who has renounced’

• धनादिना: by wealth and the like
• धनादिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘धनम् आदि यस्य’/‘धनादि’ = wealth etc.; ‘by wealth etc.’

Speaker

Muni (Durvāsā)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Raghunandana/Raghu-line ruler

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage, calm but direct, requests food immediately; his minimal possessions contrast with the host’s opulence; the moral clarity of renunciation is foregrounded.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā (implied)
• Rāma (Raghunandana)
• Saṃnyāsa (renunciation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A renunciant seeks only bare sustenance; the householder’s dharma is to respond promptly and without delay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is framed within the sacred setting of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya around a Rāma-mandira locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Immediate offering of भोजन (food) to an arrived guest-sage; a practical form of dāna and atithi-pūjā.