Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

एकशय्यासनं पक्तिर्भाण्डपक्वान्नमिश्रणम् । याजनाध्यापनं योनिस्तथा च सह भोजनम् । नवधा संकरः प्रोक्तो न कर्तव्योऽधमैः सह

Transliteration

ekaśayyāsanaṃ paktirbhāṇḍapakvānnamiśraṇam | yājanādhyāpanaṃ yonistathā ca saha bhojanam | navadhā saṃkaraḥ prokto na kartavyo'dhamaiḥ saha

Translation

การร่วมเตียงหรือที่นั่งเดียวกัน การหุงต้มร่วมกัน การปะปนภาชนะและอาหารที่ปรุงแล้ว การประกอบยัญและการสอนแก่ผู้ไม่สมควร ความเกี่ยวดองทางสมรส และการกินร่วมกัน—สิ่งเหล่านี้ประกาศว่าเป็นสังกระเก้าประการ ไม่พึงกระทำกับผู้ต่ำช้าและไม่บริสุทธิ์

Word by Word

• एकशय्यासनम्: sharing one bed/seat
• एकशय्यासनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + शय्या (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘एकस्यां शय्यायाम् आसनम्/शयनम्’ (sharing one bed/seat)

• पक्तिः: cooking
• पक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘cooking (for/with)’

• भाण्डपक्वान्नमिश्रणम्: mixing cooked food (in the same vessel)
• भाण्डपक्वान्नमिश्रणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + मिश्रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘भाण्डे पक्वस्य अन्नस्य मिश्रणम्’ (mixing food cooked in the same vessel)

• याजनाध्यापनम्: officiating and teaching
• याजनाध्यापनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याजन (प्रातिपदिक; √यज् caus./णिच् भाव) + अध्यापन (प्रातिपदिक; √अधि-√इ (अध्यापयति) भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः—‘याजनं च अध्यापनं च’ (officiating sacrifices and teaching)

• योनिः: source; cause (as a factor)
• योनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘source/cause; lineage’

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Connector/Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• सह: with; together with
• सह: Association marker (सहकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (with); सामान्यतः तृतीया-संबन्धी

• भोजनम्: eating; dining
• भोजनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक; √भुज् (धातु) से)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘eating/meal’

• नवधा: in nine ways
• नवधा: Adverbial qualifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नवधा (अव्यय; नवन् + धा)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्यावाचक-प्रकारवाचक (in nine ways)

• संकरः: intermixture; degradation
• संकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रोक्तः: is declared
• प्रोक्तः: Predicate adjective (विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि—‘is said/declared’

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

• कर्तव्यः: should be done
• कर्तव्यः: Predicate adjective (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्तव्य (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु) + तव्यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम्—‘to be done/should be done’ (gerundive)

• अधमैः: with the base/low (people)
• अधमैः: Sahakāraka/Association (सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘with the low/base (people)’

• सह: with
• सह: Association marker (सहकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tīrtha-dharmācārya enumerates ‘navadhā saṅkara’ to pilgrims: separate hearths, distinct vessels, and disciplined seating; vignettes show bed/seat sharing, communal cooking, mixed pots, priestly rites, teaching, marriage, and shared meals—each marked as to be avoided with the unfit.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is preserved by guarding intimate forms of association—food, teaching, ritual service, and family ties—especially in sacred-dharma life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The list is taught within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, supporting the ideal of disciplined living in a holy region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dharmic restriction: avoid officiating/teaching and other close associations with the unworthy; avoid shared cooking/eating and related mixing.