Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

दुर्विनीतः पितुस्तस्य स कृत्वा चौर्ध्वदैहिकम्

Transliteration

durvinītaḥ pitustasya sa kṛtvā caurdhvadaihikam

Translation

„Durvinīta, nachdem er für seinen Vater die Totenriten, die nach dem Tod zu vollziehenden Zeremonien, vollzogen hatte,“

Word by Word

• दुर्विनीतः: Durvinīta
• दुर्विनीतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्विनीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नामवाचक

• पितुः: of (his) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

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

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• और्ध्वदैहिकम्: funeral/after-death rites
• और्ध्वदैहिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: और्ध्व-दैहिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ऊर्ध्वं देहस्य (मरणोत्तर) कर्म

Speaker

Durvāsā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvinīta performs post-death ceremonies for his father—ritual fire, offerings, solemn family setting, the weight of duty and grief.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Durvinīta
• father (pitṛ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fulfilling pitṛ-dharma through proper rites is presented as a foundational duty, even before later moral failings are described.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this half-verse; it supports the Setukhaṇḍa’s broader theme of dharma and purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The performance of aūrdhvadaihika/ūrdhvadehika rites—post-death ceremonies such as śrāddha and related obligations for the departed.