Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

मया तद्विहितं श्राद्धं तस्यैतत्फलमागतम् । सांप्रतं विधिना सम्यग्ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः

Transliteration

mayā tadvihitaṃ śrāddhaṃ tasyaitatphalamāgatam | sāṃprataṃ vidhinā samyagbrāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ

Translation

Jenes Śrāddha habe ich vollzogen, und dies ist die Frucht, die daraus erwuchs. Jetzt aber wird es ordnungsgemäß nach dem Ritus getan, mit Brāhmaṇas, die die Veden gemeistert haben.

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (qualifying vihitam/śrāddham)

• विहितम्: performed/ordained
• विहितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√धा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; √धा (to place/ordain) with उपसर्ग वि-

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (qualifying phalam)

• फलम्: result, fruit
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आगतम्: has come, has occurred
• आगतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; √गम् (to come) with उपसर्ग आ-

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present
• सांप्रतम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• विधिना: with proper rule/procedure
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly, correctly
• सम्यक्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• ब्राह्मणैः: by brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• वेदपारगैः: versed in the Vedas
• वेदपारगैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: तत्पुरुष (वेदस्य पारगाः = those who have gone to the end of the Veda); पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying brāhmaṇaiḥ)

Speaker

An unnamed narrator addressing brāhmaṇas; specific name not given in this excerpt

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijottamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-narrator speaks humbly of having performed śrāddha and now seeing its fruit; in the foreground, Veda-knowing brāhmaṇas sit in orderly rows with ritual vessels, darbha, and offerings, suggesting a tīrtha setting.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Vedas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even if earlier practice was flawed, one should reform and perform rites correctly with qualified Vedic brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in a tīrtha-mahātmya, but does not itself specify the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha should be performed vidhinā (by proper procedure) with Veda-versed brāhmaṇas.