Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

शाकाहारपयोहारैरूर्जों यैरतिवाहितः । अखंडिता शरत्तेन तदाहारेण यापिता

Transliteration

śākāhārapayohārairūrjoṃ yairativāhitaḥ | akhaṃḍitā śarattena tadāhāreṇa yāpitā

Translation

جو لوگ اُورجا (کارتک) کو سبزیوں اور دودھ کی غذا پر گزارتے ہیں، اسی غذا سے ان کی پوری خزاں کی رت بغیر ٹوٹے قائم رہتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• शाकाहारपयोहारैः: by vegetable-diet and milk-diet (regimens)
• शाकाहारपयोहारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाकाहार + पयोहार (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative)

• ऊर्जम्: Ūrjā (the vow/month)
• ऊर्जम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यैः: by which
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• अतिवाहितः: was carried through/observed (fully)
• अतिवाहितः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-वाह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• अखण्डिता: unbroken
• अखण्डिता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखण्डित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-समासान्त-विशेषण (unbroken)

• शरत्: the autumn season
• शरत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तदाहारेण: by that diet
• तदाहारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + आहार (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (that-diet)

• यापिता: was sustained/maintained
• यापिता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यापय् (णिजन्त धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (Past Passive Participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ūrja/Kārtika observance in Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Votaries in Kāśī during Kārtika take simple meals—milk in a small bowl and cooked vegetables—after daily worship, maintaining a calm, disciplined routine through śarad.

Characters & Entities

• Ūrja
• Śarat

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained simplicity in diet supports steadiness in vow, preserving the observance without breaks.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kashi is the broader textual setting (Kāśī Khaṇḍa), while the verse focuses on Ūrja-vrata discipline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Carry the Ūrja/Kārtika observance by adhering to vegetable and milk diets.