Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
ततश्च श्रपयामास सुसमिद्धे हुताशने । क्षुत्क्षामो भोजनार्थाय ततः पाकाग्रमेव च
Transliteration
tataśca śrapayāmāsa susamiddhe hutāśane | kṣutkṣāmo bhojanārthāya tataḥ pākāgrameva ca
Translation
پھر، بھوک سے نڈھال اور خوراک کی تلاش میں، انہوں نے اسے تیز آگ میں پکایا اور وہیں اس کے پکنے کا انتظار کرنے لگے۔
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
श्रपयामासcooked/boiled
श्रपयामास:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रप् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; causative sense in usage ‘caused to be cooked/cooked’ (contextual)
सुसमिद्धेin the well-kindled
सुसमिद्धे:
अधिकरण-विशेषण (Locative qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु + समिद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इध्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; हुताशन-विशेषणम्; कर्मधारयः—सु (well) + समिद्ध (kindled)
हुताशनेin the fire
हुताशने:
अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहुताशन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—हुतं अश्नाति इति (fire)
क्षुत्क्षामःemaciated by hunger
क्षुत्क्षामः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षुत् (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—क्षुता क्षामः (emaciated by hunger)
भोजनार्थायfor eating/for food
भोजनार्थाय:
सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (Dative of purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—भोजनस्य अर्थः (for the sake of food)
ततःthen
ततः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
पाकाग्रमेवthe very first portion of the cooked food
पाकाग्रमेव:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाक + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक-समास) + एव (अव्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—पाकस्य अग्रं (the first portion/foremost of the cooked food); एव = निपात (emphasis)
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A bright, well-fed fire in a bleak place; the sage, gaunt, tends a pot, waiting—stillness charged with moral weight.
Characters & Entities
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ViśvāmitraFAQs
The verse highlights bodily necessity as a powerful force, preparing the narrative to show how dharma is negotiated under extreme distress.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
Cooking in a kindled fire is described, but no formal prescription (vidhi) is stated here.