Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अत्रांतरे सुभद्रापि दधीचेरौर्ध्वदैहिकम् । कृत्वा तैर्मुनिभिः सार्धमन्वेष्टुं सा गता सुतम्

Transliteration

atrāṃtare subhadrāpi dadhīceraurdhvadaihikam | kṛtvā tairmunibhiḥ sārdhamanveṣṭuṃ sā gatā sutam

Translation

Unterdessen vollzog auch Subhadrā die Totenriten (ūrdhvadaihika) für Dadhīci und ging mit jenen Weisen fort, um ihren Sohn zu suchen.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: here)

• अन्तरे: in the interval, meanwhile
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘अत्र अन्तरे’ = ‘in the meantime’

• सुभद्रा: Subhadrā
• सुभद्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• दधीचेः: of Dadhīci
• दधीचेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• और्ध्वदैहिकम्: funeral/after-death rite
• और्ध्वदैहिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: और्ध्वदैहिक (प्रातिपदिक; ऊर्ध्व + देहिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (ऊर्ध्वं देहिकम्)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; (मुनिभिः) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• मुनिभिः: with sages
• मुनिभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahartha (Association/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (with/together with)

• अन्वेष्टुम्: to search for
• अन्वेष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्वेष् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (सुभद्रा) इत्यस्य पुनरुक्ति/अन्वयः

• गता: went
• गता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुतम्: son
• सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Subhadrā, solemn and tearful yet composed, completes Dadhīci’s ūrdhvadaihika rites as sages stand nearby; afterward she sets out with the munis to search for her son across the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Subhadrā
• Dadhīci
• Sages (Munis)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Performing proper rites for the departed is a dharmic duty; it sustains familial and spiritual order even amid upheaval.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the sacred setting in which dharmic rites and consequential events are narrated as part of its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Aurdhvadaihika (post-death/funerary rites) are referenced as being performed for Dadhīci.