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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

एवमेव पितॄणां च आगम्य स्वे च मन्दिरे । पिण्डप्रदानपूर्वं तु श्राद्धं कृत्वा विधानतः । पितरस्तस्य तुष्टा वै भवन्ति ब्रह्मणो दिनम्

Transliteration

evameva pitṝṇāṃ ca āgamya sve ca mandire | piṇḍapradānapūrvaṃ tu śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ | pitarastasya tuṣṭā vai bhavanti brahmaṇo dinam

Translation

Ebenso soll man, in das eigene Haus zurückgekehrt, nach der Vorschrift das Śrāddha für die Ahnen vollziehen, beginnend mit der Darbringung der Piṇḍas. Seine Vorfahren bleiben für einen ganzen „Tag Brahmās“ zufrieden.

Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable (manner adverb)
एवindeed/only
एव:
Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (अवधारण-निपात) = indeclinable (emphatic particle)
पितॄणाम्of the ancestors (pitṛs)
पितॄणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitival relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचनम् = Genitive plural
चand
च:
Samuccaya
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)
आगम्यhaving come
आगम्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + गम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having come/after coming; उपसर्गः आ-
स्वेin one’s own
स्वे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचनम् = Locative singular; विशेषणम् (to ‘mandire’)
चand
च:
Samuccaya
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)
मन्दिरेin the house/temple (home)
मन्दिरे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचनम् = Locative singular
पिण्डप्रदानपूर्वम्preceded by offering of piṇḍas
पिण्डप्रदानपूर्वम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootपिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचनम् = Accusative singular; विशेषणम् (to ‘śrāddham’); समासः: पिण्डप्रदानस्य पूर्वम् (genitive tatpuruṣa)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (विरोध/अन्वय-निपात) = indeclinable (particle)
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचनम् = Accusative singular
कृत्वाhaving performed
कृत्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having done/performed
विधानतःaccording to the prescribed procedure
विधानतः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधान (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
Formअव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त) = indeclinable adverb ‘according to rule’
पितरःthe ancestors
पितरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचनम् = Nominative plural
तस्यof him/of that person
तस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम् = Genitive singular
तुष्टाःsatisfied/pleased
तुष्टाः:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; तुष् धातोः क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचनम् = Nominative plural; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) used adjectivally
वैindeed
वै:
Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निश्चयार्थक-निपात) = indeclinable (emphatic)
भवन्तिbecome/are
भवन्ति:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम् = 3rd person plural
ब्रह्मणःof Brahmā
ब्रह्मणः:
Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम् = Genitive singular
दिनम्for a day (a ‘day of Brahmā’)
दिनम्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time-extent/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचनम् = Accusative singular (duration/extent)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as the motivating tīrtha context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Returning home after pilgrimage, the householder performs śrāddha: piṇḍas arranged on darbha, water for tarpaṇa, brāhmaṇas seated; the unseen ancestors are implied as satisfied, luminous presences.

Characters & Entities
P
Pitṛ
Ś
Śrāddha
P
Piṇḍa
B
Brahmā

FAQs

Householder dharma includes gratitude to ancestors; properly performed śrāddha yields profound and enduring pitṛ-satisfaction.

The śrāddha instruction is situated within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, which amplifies the merit of such rites.

Perform śrāddha at home according to injunctions, beginning with piṇḍa offerings to the ancestors.

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