Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

लोहयष्ट्याममावस्यां कार्यं भाद्रपदे जनैः । श्राद्धं वै मुनयः प्राहुः पितरो यदि वल्लभाः

Transliteration

lohayaṣṭyāmamāvasyāṃ kāryaṃ bhādrapade janaiḥ | śrāddhaṃ vai munayaḥ prāhuḥ pitaro yadi vallabhāḥ

Translation

في يوم الأمافاسيا (المحاق) عند لوهاياشتيكا، ينبغي للناس أن يؤدّوا الشرادها (śrāddha) في شهر بهادراپادا؛ هكذا قال الحكماء، لمن كان يحبّ أسلافه.

Word by Word

• lohayaṣṭyām: at Lohayaṣṭī
• lohayaṣṭyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loha (प्रातिपदिक) + yaṣṭī/yaṣṭikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• amāvasyāyām: on the new-moon day
• amāvasyāyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvasyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• kāryam: should be done
• kāryam: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + यत् (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (to be done)

• bhādrapade: in Bhādrapada
• bhādrapade: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhādrapada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मासवाचक

• janaiḥ: by people
• janaiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (emphatic particle)

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• prāhuḥ: declared/said
• prāhuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु) with pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• pitaraḥ: the ancestors
• pitaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तबोधक (conditional conjunction: if)

• vallabhāḥ: dear/beloved
• vallabhāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vallabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of pitaraḥ)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lohayaṣṭikā

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Amāvasyā night at a tīrtha: lamps, darbha mats, piṇḍas arranged; a sage-figure gestures as if quoting tradition; family members perform rites with focused tenderness.

Characters & Entities

• Lohayaṣṭikā
• Amāvasyā
• Bhādrapada
• Munis
• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Care for ancestors is framed as dharma; performing śrāddha at the right sacred time and place is an act of gratitude and spiritual responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lohayaṣṭikā, recommended for amāvasyā śrāddha, especially in Bhādrapada.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Do śrāddha on amāvasyā at Lohayaṣṭikā in the month of Bhādrapada.