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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

न कृतानि पुरा येषामेकोद्दिष्टानि षोडश । तथा नैव वृषोत्सर्गो गोहताश्चाथ चान्त्यजैः

Transliteration

na kṛtāni purā yeṣāmekoddiṣṭāni ṣoḍaśa | tathā naiva vṛṣotsargo gohatāścātha cāntyajaiḥ

Translation

„Jene, für die einst die sechzehn Ekoddiṣṭa-Opfergaben nicht dargebracht wurden; ebenso jene, für die der Ritus des Vṛṣotsarga nicht vollzogen wurde; und auch jene, die von Antyajas, Ausgestoßenen, erschlagen wurden — mögen all diese Ahnen durch die Heiligkeit dieses Ortes Beistand finden.“

Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)
kṛtānidone, performed
kṛtāni:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛta (कृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)
purāformerly, earlier
purā:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
yeṣāmof whom
yeṣām:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
eka-uddiṣṭānithe single-offering rites (ekoddiṣṭa)
eka-uddiṣṭāni:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (एक, संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक) + uddiṣṭa (उद्+दिश् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (एकं उद्दिष्टं यस्मिन्/यत्)
ṣoḍaśasixteen
ṣoḍaśa:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣoḍaśa (षोडश, संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; (here) विशेषणरूपेण—‘षोडश (sixteen)’
tathālikewise, also
tathā:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/likewise)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
evaindeed, at all
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
vṛṣa-utsargaḥrelease of a bull (vṛṣotsarga rite)
vṛṣa-utsargaḥ:
Karma (Item/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛṣa (वृष, प्रातिपदिक) + utsarga (उत्सर्ग, प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वृषस्य उत्सर्गः)
go-hatāḥcow-killers
go-hatāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgo (गो, प्रातिपदिक) + hata (हन् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गां हताः—go-killers)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
athathen, moreover
atha:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तर/प्रसङ्गवाचक-अव्यय (then/also)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय
antyajaiḥby outcastes (antyajas)
antyajaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootantyaja (अन्त्यज, प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), बहुवचन
Speaker

Unspecified (contextual prayer within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified within the excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A detailed śrāddha rite at Prabhāsa: sixteen offerings arranged; a bull (vṛṣa) symbol or donation scene indicates vṛṣotsarga; mourners and priests perform rites for those slain in inauspicious circumstances, with the kṣetra’s light sanctifying all.

Characters & Entities
E
Ekoddiṣṭa
Ṣ
Ṣoḍaśa
V
Vṛṣotsarga
A
Antyaja

FAQs

Sacred places and proper rites together address omissions in dharma, especially duties owed to the departed.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a powerful remedial tīrtha for pitṛ obligations.

Ekoddiṣṭa śrāddhas (sixteen) and vṛṣotsarga are explicitly referenced as ancestral rites.

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