Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

एतेषु युज्यते श्राद्धं प्रकर्तुं पितृतृप्तये । तथा तीर्थे विशेषेण पुण्य आयतने शुभे

Transliteration

eteṣu yujyate śrāddhaṃ prakartuṃ pitṛtṛptaye | tathā tīrthe viśeṣeṇa puṇya āyatane śubhe

Translation

„Zu solchen Zeiten ziemt es sich, Śrāddha zur Sättigung der Pitṛ zu vollziehen; ebenso ist es in besonderer Weise an einem tīrtha angemessen—an einem glückverheißenden, heiligen Sitz des Verdienstes.“

Word by Word

• एतेषु: in/among these (occasions)
• एतेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• युज्यते: is appropriate / is enjoined
• युज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (युज्यते इत्यस्य कर्तृस्थानीयं कर्म)

• प्रकर्तुम्: to perform
• प्रकर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक; ‘to do/perform’

• पितृतृप्तये: for the satisfaction of the ancestors
• पितृतृप्तये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृतृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक: पितृ + तृप्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• तीर्थे: at a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे

• पुण्ये: in a holy (place)
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (आयतने)

• आयतने: in an abode/place
• आयतने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (आयतने)

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña (sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a tīrtha-bank, a householder offers piṇḍa and water with darbha while brāhmaṇas sit as recipients; the atmosphere is auspicious, with parva-time markers (Sun’s transition or eclipse shadow) subtly shown.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛ
• Tīrtha
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rituals gain special power when aligned with sacred time and sacred place, uniting kāla and kṣetra in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tīrthas in general are praised; within the chapter’s frame, this supports the glorification of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Śrāddha on auspicious calendrical occasions, and especially at holy tīrthas.