Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

गंगायामस्थिपातं च कृत्वा श्राद्धानि षोडश । गयां गत्वा ततश्चक्रे श्राद्धं श्रद्धासमन्वितः

Transliteration

gaṃgāyāmasthipātaṃ ca kṛtvā śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa | gayāṃ gatvā tataścakre śrāddhaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

وبعد أن ألقى العظام في نهر الغانغا، أقام شعائر الشِّرادها الستَّ عشرة؛ ثمّ قصد غايا فأقام هناك أيضًا الشِّرادها، ممتلئًا إيمانًا وخشوعًا.

Word by Word

• gaṅgāyām: in the Gaṅgā
• gaṅgāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• asthi-pātam: immersion/casting of bones
• asthi-pātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक) + pāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (asthnāṃ pātaḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• śrāddhāni: śrāddha rites
• śrāddhāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ṣoḍaśa: sixteen
• ṣoḍaśa: Karma (Object-quantifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣoḍaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषणम्; नपुंसक-द्वितीया-बहुवचनार्थे (qualifying śrāddhāni)

• gayām: to Gayā
• gayām: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having gone)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thereafter

• cakre: performed
• cakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

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

• śraddhā-samanvitaḥ: endowed with faith
• śraddhā-samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त; √anv-i/अन्वि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणम् (कर्ता-विशेषण); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (śraddhayā samanvitaḥ)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā; Gayā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-son consigns bone-remains into the Gaṅgā, then performs a cycle of sixteen śrāddhas; later he arrives at Gayā and offers śrāddha with deep faith.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Gayā
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithfully performed ancestral rites at renowned tīrthas are upheld as powerful supports for pitṛs and as a dhārmic duty of descendants.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gaṅgā for asthi-visarjana and Gayā for śrāddha—both famed in Purāṇic sacred geography for pitṛ-kārya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Asthi-pāta (bone immersion) in the Gaṅgā and the performance of sixteen śrāddhas, followed by śrāddha at Gayā.