Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

एवं संतर्प्य विधिना कृत्वा होमादिकं नरः । श्राद्धं सपिण्डकं कुर्यात्स्वतंत्रोक्तविधानतः

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃtarpya vidhinā kṛtvā homādikaṃ naraḥ | śrāddhaṃ sapiṇḍakaṃ kuryātsvataṃtroktavidhānataḥ

Translation

وهكذا، بعد أن يُرضي (المستحقّين) على وفق القاعدة ويؤدّي الهَوما (homa) وما يتصل بها من الشعائر، ينبغي للرجل أن يقيم شَرادها (śrāddha) مع سَپِنْدِيكَرَنَة (sapiṇḍīkaraṇa) بحسب الطريقة المعلَّمة في التقليد الموثوق.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb of manner)

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied (fed)
• संतर्प्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘संतर्प्य’ = संतर्पणं कृत्वा

• विधिना: by the prescribed method
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणम्

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• होमादिकम्: homa and related rites
• होमादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (होमादि = होमः आदि च)

• नरः: a man (the performer)
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सपिण्डकम्: with piṇḍa offerings
• सपिण्डकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + पिण्डक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सपिण्डक = पिण्डसहितम्)

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्वतन्त्र: independently
• स्वतन्त्र: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वतन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नरस्य)

• उक्त: stated
• उक्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग; ‘उक्त’ = said/prescribed

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed procedure
• विधानतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) = ‘विधानतः’ (according to the rule)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (pitṛ-kārya locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual ground near the tīrtha: a small homa-kuṇḍa with flames, offerings of ghee, then a śrāddha setup with piṇḍas on leaf plates; the final act shows symbolic merging of piṇḍas for sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, with pitṛs appearing satisfied.

Characters & Entities

• Homa
• Śrāddha
• Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa
• Tarpaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced through orderly rites: correct sequence and scriptural procedure sustain both devotion and efficacy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction continues the Prabhāsakṣetra ritual program, emphasizing how śrāddha is to be performed there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After tarpaṇa and homa, perform śrāddha including sapiṇḍīkaraṇa according to the prescribed vidhāna.