Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अथैवामन्त्रयामास तान्विप्रान्रघुसत्तमः । श्राद्धेषु श्रद्धया युक्तः प्रसादः क्रियतामिति

Transliteration

athaivāmantrayāmāsa tānviprānraghusattamaḥ | śrāddheṣu śraddhayā yuktaḥ prasādaḥ kriyatāmiti

Translation

Dann lud der Beste der Raghus jene Brahmanen ein und sprach: „Mit gläubiger Hingabe an die Śrāddha-Riten bitte ich: Nehmt an und schenkt mir eure gnädige Gunst.“

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: then/now)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• आमन्त्रयामास: invited/addressed
• आमन्त्रयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• रघुसत्तमः: the best of the Raghus
• रघुसत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: रघोः सत्तमः

• श्राद्धेषु: in the śrāddhas
• श्राद्धेषु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Manner/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• युक्तः: endowed (with)
• युक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘युक्तः’ = endowed/connected

• प्रसादः: favor/grace (propitiatory offering)
• प्रसादः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be done
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): ‘let it be done’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

Speaker

Narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kūpikā-Gayā pitṛ-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Raghu-king formally invites the brāhmaṇas for the śrāddha, expressing faith and requesting their gracious acceptance and blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Raghusattama (Rāma)
• vipra (brāhmaṇas)
• śraddhā
• śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha is completed through reverent invitation and honoring of brāhmaṇas, with śraddhā as the inner essence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing narrative remains anchored at the local Gayā-manifesting well-tīrtha where the śrāddha is to be performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Invite brāhmaṇas and request their pleased acceptance (prasāda) as part of the śrāddha observance.