Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

आजहार सुमृष्टानि तत्कृते सुफलानि सः । स्वयं गत्वा सुदूरं च कानने श्वापदाकुले

Transliteration

ājahāra sumṛṣṭāni tatkṛte suphalāni saḥ | svayaṃ gatvā sudūraṃ ca kānane śvāpadākule

Translation

اسی کے لیے وہ چُن چُن کر خوب صاف کیے ہوئے عمدہ پھل لاتا؛ اور خود بہت دُور تک جاتا، ایسے جنگل میں جو درندوں سے بھرا ہوتا۔

Word by Word

• आजहार: brought
• आजहार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + हृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुमृष्टानि: well-cleaned/choice
• सुमृष्टानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + मृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्गपूर्वक कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; विशेषण (सुफलानि)

• तत्कृते: for her sake
• तत्कृते: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् + कृते (कृ/कृता-प्रातिपदिक; उपपद)
• Form: उपपद-प्रयोग; सप्तमी (locative) रूपेण अव्ययीभाववत् अर्थः (for her sake)

• सुफलानि: good fruits
• सुफलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + फल (प्रातिपदिक; समास/उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थ/स्वकृत्य (oneself)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक (having gone)

• सुदूरम्: very far
• सुदूरम्: Sambandha (Extent/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (accusative of extent used adverbially); देशपरिमाण (very far)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• कानने: in the grove/forest
• कानने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• श्वापद-आकुले: teeming with wild beasts
• श्वापद-आकुले: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वापद + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (filled with wild beasts); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; विशेषण (कानने)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic storyteller; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kānana near Devarātāśrama

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage travels far into a beast-filled forest, gathering ripe fruits carefully; he returns with a bundle, weary yet resolute, to feed the child.

Characters & Entities

• Forest (kānana)
• Śvāpada (wild beasts)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practical: love and responsibility are proven through effort and personal risk taken for another’s welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; this line itself highlights the hermitage setting rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes provision of food and care.