Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

शक्राद्या विबुधा व्यग्राः श्राद्धं यच्छंति नो यदा । ततश्चागत्य तान्सर्वे देवान्संप्रार्थयामहे

Transliteration

śakrādyā vibudhā vyagrāḥ śrāddhaṃ yacchaṃti no yadā | tataścāgatya tānsarve devānsaṃprārthayāmahe

Translation

যখন ইন্দ্র প্রভৃতি দেবগণ নিজ নিজ কার্যে ব্যস্ত থেকেও আমাদের জন্য শ্রাদ্ধ-অর্ঘ্য প্রদান করেন, তখন আমরা এসে সেই সকল দেবতাকে ভক্তিভরে প্রার্থনা করি।

Word by Word

• śakrādyāḥ: Indra and others
• śakrādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra-ādi (प्रातिपदिक: śakra + ādi)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘Śakra and others’)

• vibudhāḥ: gods, wise beings
• vibudhāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nom. pl.)

• vyagrāḥ: agitated, anxious
• vyagrāḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyagra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (nom. pl. adj.)

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

• yacchanti: give
• yacchanti: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (they give/bestow)

• naḥ: to us
• naḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक (dat. pl.)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Avyaya (Time/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb ‘when’)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Avyaya (Sequence/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (indecl. ‘then/thereupon’)

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• āgatya: having come
• āgatya: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-gam (धातु) + āgatya (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्ययभावकृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा); ‘आ + गम्’ (having come)

• tān: those
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (acc. pl.)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (nom. pl. adj.)

• devān: the gods
• devān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (acc. pl.)

• saṃprārthayāmahe: we beseech
• saṃprārthayāmahe: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-arth (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद (we entreat/pray)

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestors), explaining their dependence on śrāddha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of pitṛs, subtle-bodied and yearning, approach a radiant assembly of devatās led by Śakra (Indra), hands folded in supplication as śrāddha offerings are ritually presented on earth.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Śakra (Indra)
• Devas
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha is presented as the functional channel through which Pitṛs receive support, emphasizing ritual duty as a bridge between worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it belongs to the chapter’s general Tīrthamāhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha is explicitly mentioned as the offering given to the Pitṛs, indicating the prescribed rite for ancestral nourishment and relief.