Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

भोजनं वाथ पानीयं योऽस्य सद्मनि कर्हिचित् । करिष्यति स चाऽप्येवं पतितः संभविष्यति

Transliteration

bhojanaṃ vātha pānīyaṃ yo'sya sadmani karhicit | kariṣyati sa cā'pyevaṃ patitaḥ saṃbhaviṣyati

Translation

جو کوئی بھی کبھی اُس کے گھر میں اسے کھانا یا پینے کا پانی تک دے گا، وہ بھی اسی طرح پتیت، یعنی گرا ہوا شمار ہوگا۔

Word by Word

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

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक/disjunctive: ‘or’)

• अथ: and/then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक: ‘and/then’)

• पानीयम्: drinking water
• पानीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पानीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of him/this person’

• सद्मनि: in (his) house
• सद्मनि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कर्हिचित्: at any time
• कर्हिचित्: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्हिचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/indefinite temporal adverb: ‘ever/at any time’)

• करिष्यति: will do/provide
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (also/even)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक/manner adverb: ‘thus/in this way’)

• पतितः: fallen (outcaste)
• पतितः: Karta (Predicate of subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त; √पत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण/‘fallen, degraded’

• संभविष्यति: will become/come to be
• संभविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household threshold scene: a person offers water/food but hesitates; elders warn that even giving a sip in the censured man’s house causes fall; vessels and doorway symbolize boundary.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is communal: knowingly supporting wrongdoing or a condemned act can transmit demerit and social/ritual fall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the immediate snippet does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prohibition: do not offer hospitality (food/water) in one’s home in a way that incurs patitatva by association.