Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

मधुना सह सम्मिश्रं पिण्डं यस्तु प्रदापयेत् । तस्य पौत्रप्रपौत्रेभ्यो दारिद्र्यं नैव जायते

Transliteration

madhunā saha sammiśraṃ piṇḍaṃ yastu pradāpayet | tasya pautraprapautrebhyo dāridryaṃ naiva jāyate

Translation

من قدّم پِنْدَا (قربانًا جنائزيًا) ممزوجًا بالعسل، فلن تنشأ الفاقة في أحفاده وأحفاد أحفاده.

Word by Word

• madhunā: with honey
• madhunā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular neuter

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahārtha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition) — with; governs तृतीया

• sammiśram: mixed
• sammiśram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sammiśra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular neuter (agreeing with पिण्डम्)

• piṇḍam: a rice-ball offering (piṇḍa)
• piṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular masculine

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun nominative singular masculine

• tu: indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• pradāpayet: should offer (have given)
• pradāpayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dā (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative) — should cause to be given/should offer

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• pautra-prapautrebhyaḥ: from/for (his) grandsons and great-grandsons
• pautra-prapautrebhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/limit—‘from/for’ descendants/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pautra (प्रातिपदिक) + prapautra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), बहुवचन — Ablative plural masculine; द्वन्द्व-समासः (पौत्राश्च प्रपौत्राश्च)

• dāridryam: poverty
• dāridryam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular neuter

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• eva: at all
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• jāyate: arises
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — arises/is born

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continued context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madhuskanda (implied by madhu-context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha setting on a riverbank: darbha spread, three piṇḍas prepared with honey sheen; the performer offers them with folded hands; subtle ancestral silhouettes receive; a prosperous household scene appears faintly as future fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Piṇḍa (ancestral offering)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes responsibility across generations: honoring ancestors through śrāddha-type offerings is said to stabilize prosperity for descendants.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is the Madhuskanda-related rites; the verse describes a honey-mixed piṇḍa offering associated with these tīrtha practices.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer a piṇḍa oblation mixed with honey.