Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

ततःप्रभृति नैतस्या क्रियते श्राद्धमुत्तमम् । यः प्रमादेन कुरुते तस्य स्याद्वंश संक्षयः

Transliteration

tataḥprabhṛti naitasyā kriyate śrāddhamuttamam | yaḥ pramādena kurute tasya syādvaṃśa saṃkṣayaḥ

Translation

Seit jener Zeit wird an diesem Tithi kein vortreffliches Śrāddha mehr vollzogen. Wer es aus Unachtsamkeit dennoch tut, dessen Geschlecht wird zugrunde gehen.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): 'thereafter/from that'

• prabhṛti: from (that time) onward
• prabhṛti: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhṛti (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable postposition): 'from, beginning with'

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• etasyāḥ: of this (woman/this one)
• etasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• kriyate: is performed
• kriyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying śrāddham)

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• pramādena: through negligence
• pramādena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• kurute: does (performs)
• kurute: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• syāt: would be / may occur
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• vaṃśa: lineage
• vaṃśa: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• saṃkṣayaḥ: destruction
• saṃkṣayaḥ: Karta (Predicate-noun/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gajacchāyā (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: a priest warns a householder not to perform śrāddha on the cursed tithi; a shadowy motif of ‘lineage withering’ contrasts with a bright alternative day marked on a calendar.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Tithi
• Pramāda (negligence)
• Vaṃśa-saṃkṣaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires attentiveness; negligence in sacred rites is portrayed as spiritually and socially ruinous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This rule is taught within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya (Gajacchāyā-māhātmya) setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prohibition against performing Śrāddha on the specified tithi; doing so is said to cause vaṃśa-saṃkṣaya.