Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

माक्षिकं फाणितं शाकं गोरसं लवणं घृतम् । हस्तदत्तानि भुक्तानि दिनमेकमभोजनम्

Transliteration

mākṣikaṃ phāṇitaṃ śākaṃ gorasaṃ lavaṇaṃ ghṛtam | hastadattāni bhuktāni dinamekamabhojanam

Translation

شہد، فانیّت (گنے کا گڑ)، ساگ سبزی، گورَس (گائے کی پیداوار)، نمک اور گھی—اگر یہ چیزیں ہاتھ سے دی گئی حالت میں (نامناسب سیاق میں) کھائی جائیں تو ایک دن کا روزہ رکھے۔

Word by Word

• mākṣikam: honey
• mākṣikam: Karma (Item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mākṣika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• phāṇitam: molasses / sugar syrup
• phāṇitam: Karma (Item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phāṇita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• śākam: vegetable greens
• śākam: Karma (Item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• go-rasam: cow's milk
• go-rasam: Karma (Item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गवां रसः)

• lavaṇam: salt
• lavaṇam: Karma (Item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lavaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• ghṛtam: ghee
• ghṛtam: Karma (Item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• hasta-dattāni: hand-given
• hasta-dattāni: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक) + datta (प्रातिपदिक; √dā (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (हस्तेन दत्तानि = given by hand)

• bhuktāni: eaten
• bhuktāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhukta (प्रातिपदिक; √bhuj (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि-विशेषण (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• dinam: for a day
• dinam: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणार्थे (time-extent)

• ekam: one
• ekam: Adhikaraṇa (Time-qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• abhojanam: fasting / non-eating
• abhojanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhojana (प्रातिपदिक; a- + bhojana)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim accepts rich foods (honey, jaggery, vegetables, ghee) from someone’s hand; later, realizing the impropriety, he sits in quiet fasting near a ghat with a water-pot, practicing restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Food is a dharmic act; improper acceptance can be purified through restraint and a brief fast.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the contextual sacred landscape where purity rules and expiations are emphasized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A one-day fast (abhojana) is prescribed in relation to eating certain items received ‘by hand’ in a censured manner/context.