Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

यामद्वयेऽपि संप्राप्ते दिनस्य गृहमागतः । मितमन्नं तत स्तस्या भोजनार्थं प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

yāmadvaye'pi saṃprāpte dinasya gṛhamāgataḥ | mitamannaṃ tata stasyā bhojanārthaṃ prayacchati

Translation

دن کے دو پہر گزر جانے پر بھی وہ گھر لوٹا؛ پھر اس نے اسے کھانے کے لیے صرف نپی تلی تھوڑی سی غذا دی۔

Word by Word

• yāma-dvaye: at the second watch (after two yāmas)
• yāma-dvaye: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāma (प्रातिपदिक) + dvi (द्वि, संख्याशब्द)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (द्वौ यामौ)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• saṃprāpte: when (it) had arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + prāp (प्राप् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute: 'when ... had arrived')

• dinasya: of the day
• dinasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• gṛham: to the house
• gṛham: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• āgataḥ: (he) came/returned
• āgataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + gam (गम् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोग (past participle used adjectivally: 'having come')

• mitam: measured, small
• mitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mita (प्रातिपदिक; from mā 'measure' + kta)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying annaṃ)

• annam: food
• annam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'then/from there')

• tasyāḥ: to her
• tasyāḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• bhojana-artham: for eating
• bhojana-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (बोजनस्य अर्थः)

• prayacchati: gives, offers
• prayacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + yam (यम् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; traditionally Sūta narrating to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Midday has passed; the husband returns late and places a small measured portion of food before his wife—insufficient and controlled; the wife sits quietly, hunger visible in her posture.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma in family life requires timely care and nourishment of dependents; neglect and stinginess become causes of suffering and sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues a cautionary tale within the pilgrimage-mahātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative depiction of improper conduct.