Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

महानसेषु सिद्धांते संस्कृतेऽन्ने तु भामिनि । उत्तार्यमाणे कृमयो दृश्यंते च वरानने

Transliteration

mahānaseṣu siddhāṃte saṃskṛte'nne tu bhāmini | uttāryamāṇe kṛmayo dṛśyaṃte ca varānane

Translation

ในครัวใหญ่ทั้งหลาย เมื่ออาหารสุกสมบูรณ์และจัดเตรียมแล้ว โอ้สตรีผู้พักตร์งาม ครั้นตักเสิร์ฟกลับเห็นหนอนปรากฏ เป็นลางร้ายที่ทำให้ภักษาหารแปดเปื้อน

Word by Word

• mahānaseṣu: in the kitchens
• mahānaseṣu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• siddhānte: in the established conclusion/settled state
• siddhānte: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• saṃskṛte: well-prepared/cooked
• saṃskṛte: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃskṛta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण from √kṛ with saṃ-)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘anne’)

• anne: in the food
• anne: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

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

• bhāmini: O fair lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन

• uttāryamāṇe: while being taken out/removed
• uttāryamāṇe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttāryamāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त, कर्मणि वर्तमानकाले from √tṝ/√tṛ with ut-)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘anne’ understood)

• kṛmayaḥ: worms
• kṛmayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्ता

• dṛśyante: are seen/appear
• dṛśyante: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• varānane: O beautiful-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः वर + आनन (कर्मधारय)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A large communal kitchen: steaming vessels, fully cooked food being ladled out; as it is served, worms appear, shocking attendants and guests—an omen of tainted sustenance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma wanes, even daily nourishment becomes tainted—urging purification of conduct, speech, and offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative heightens the sanctity of place by contrasting it with the community’s ominous decline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse indirectly stresses śauca (purity) in household and offerings.