Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

कारयेच्च ततः श्राद्धं पितॄणां श्रद्धयान्वितः । विश्वेदेवान्सुवर्णेन राजतेन तथा पितॄन्

Transliteration

kārayecca tataḥ śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ | viśvedevānsuvarṇena rājatena tathā pitṝn

Translation

Daraufhin soll man, von Glauben getragen, das Śrāddha für die Pitṛs vollziehen lassen; und die Viśvedevas mit Gold ehren, ebenso die Ahnen mit Silber.

Word by Word

• कारयेत्: should have performed/should arrange
• कारयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative: ‘cause to be done/arrange’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तदस्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (thereafter)

• श्राद्धम्: Śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पितṝणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितṝणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), बहुवचनम्

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier of agent)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वि + इ (धातु) / अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘endowed/possessed’; पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि विशेषणम्

• विश्वेदेवान्: the Viśvedevas
• विश्वेदेवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वे (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (विश्वे देवाः = the Viśvedevas); पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• सुवर्णेन: with gold
• सुवर्णेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• राजतेन: with silver
• राजतेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक (likewise/also)

• पितṝन्: the ancestors
• पितṝन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa style, speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha (context)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Following the bath, a householder performs śrāddha rites: kusa grass, piṇḍa offerings, water libations; Viśvedevas are honored with gold, and Pitṛs with silver, under a calm sacred setting near the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Viśvedevas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful śrāddha and fitting dāna uphold dharma and bring satisfaction to the ancestral line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage is within Dvārakā Māhātmya and the Cakratīrtha context in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha for the Pitṛs; honor Viśvedevas with gold and the Pitṛs with silver (as prescribed gifts).