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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । इहागत्य नरो यस्तु त्रिरात्रोपोषितः शुचिः । कृत्वा स्नानं पितॄंस्तर्प्य श्राद्धं कुर्यात्समाहितः

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | ihāgatya naro yastu trirātropoṣitaḥ śuciḥ | kṛtvā snānaṃ pitṝṃstarpya śrāddhaṃ kuryātsamāhitaḥ

Translation

Die Weisen sprachen: „Wer hierher kommt, rein bleibt und drei Nächte fastet, der soll danach baden, den Ahnen Trankopfer (tarpaṇa) darbringen und in gesammeltem Geist das śrāddha vollziehen.“

Word by Word
ऋषयःthe sages
ऋषयः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; Perfect 3rd pl, परस्मैपद
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
आगत्यhaving come
आगत्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + गम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), Absolutive/gerund
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject; of कुर्यात्)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Relative subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Relative pronoun
तुindeed/but
तु:
Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (contrast/emphasis)
त्रिरात्रोपोषितःhaving fasted for three nights
त्रिरात्रोपोषितः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या) + रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + उपोषित (उप + वस्/उपवस् धातु, क्त कृदन्त)
Formतत्पुरुष (त्रिरात्रे उपोषितः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular qualifying नरः
शुचिःpure
शुचिः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular qualifying नरः
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), Absolutive/gerund
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object; of कृत्वा)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular
पितॄन्the ancestors
पितॄन्:
Karma (Object; of तर्प्य)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; Accusative plural
तर्प्यhaving satisfied (with offerings)
तर्प्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootतृप्/तर्प् (धातु)
Formल्यप्/य-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having satisfied’
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object; of कुर्यात्)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular
कुर्यात्should perform
कुर्यात्:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (संभावना/विधान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Optative 3rd sg, परस्मैपद
समाहितःcomposed/attentive
समाहितः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + आ + धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular qualifying नरः
Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purandara/Indra (and by extension future pilgrims)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, clean and restrained after a three-night fast, bathes at a sacred water spot in Prabhāsa, then offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands and performs śrāddha with a priest and offerings arranged on darbha, facing the proper direction.

Characters & Entities
Ṛ
Ṛṣayaḥ
P
Pitṛs
Ś
Śrāddha
S
Snāna
T
Tarpana

FAQs

Pilgrimage becomes complete when joined with purity, restraint (fasting), and grateful duty to ancestors through śrāddha.

The verse refers to “here” within the Ṛṣitīrtha context of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

A three-night fast, holy bath, Pitṛ-tarpaṇa, and śrāddha performed with mental concentration.

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