Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

स राजांभसिमग्नस्य जामातुस्तस्य बांधवैः । आगतैः कारयामास साकल्यादौर्ध्वदैहिकम्

Transliteration

sa rājāṃbhasimagnasya jāmātustasya bāṃdhavaiḥ | āgataiḥ kārayāmāsa sākalyādaurdhvadaihikam

Translation

জলে নিমজ্জিত জামাতার জন্য আগত আত্মীয়স্বজনদের সঙ্গে সেই রাজা বিধিপূর্বক সম্পূর্ণ ঔর্ধ্বদৈহিক (অন্ত্যেষ্টি) ক্রিয়া সম্পন্ন করালেন।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अम्भसि: in water
• अम्भसि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मग्नस्य: of (one) submerged
• मग्नस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मग्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मज्ज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• जामातुः: of the son-in-law
• जामातुः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• बान्धवैः: by (his) relatives
• बान्धवैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• आगतैः: who had come/arrived
• आगतैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; आ-√गम् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• कारयामास: caused to be done / had performed
• कारयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• साकल्यात्: completely / in full
• साकल्यात्: Hetu/Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साकल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘सम्पूर्णतया’ इत्यर्थे

• और्ध्वदैहिकम्: the post-funeral rites (for the departed)
• और्ध्वदैहिकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ध्व + दैहिक (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ऊर्ध्वस्य दैहिकम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king stands on a riverbank with assembled relatives, priests arranging darbha and vessels; offerings of water and piṇḍa are prepared, conveying solemn completion of funerary duties for one lost in the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Citravarmā (implied)
• Jāmātṛ (son-in-law)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma continues even after loss; completing aurdhvadaihika rites is an act of duty, compassion, and social-spiritual order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the emphasis is on rite-performance rather than location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The performance of aurdhvadaihika (post-death/funerary) rites in full, together with the deceased’s relatives.