Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तत्र श्राद्धानि कुर्वीत सक्तुभिः पयसा सह । अमावास्यादिनं प्राप्य पितॄणां मोक्षमिच्छकैः

Transliteration

tatra śrāddhāni kurvīta saktubhiḥ payasā saha | amāvāsyādinaṃ prāpya pitṝṇāṃ mokṣamicchakaiḥ

Translation

There, those who seek the liberation of their ancestors should perform the śrāddha rites, offering saktu (parched-grain flour) together with milk, especially when the sacred new-moon day, amāvāsyā, arrives.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of place)

• श्राद्धानि: śrāddha rites
• श्राद्धानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Pl.)

• कुर्वीत: should perform
• कुर्वीत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Optative, Parasmaipada, 3rd sg.)

• सक्तुभिः: with barley-flour
• सक्तुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सक्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masc., Instr., Pl.)

• पयसा: with milk
• पयसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neut., Instr., Sg.)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahārtha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सहयोगार्थक उपसर्ग/particle meaning 'together with')

• अमावास्या-दिनम्: the new-moon day
• अमावास्या-दिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: अमावास्यायाः दिनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neut., Acc., Sg.)

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (having reached)

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sampradāna/Śeṣa (Beneficiary/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masc., Gen., Pl.)

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Acc., Sg.)

• इच्छकैः: by those desiring
• इच्छकैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इच्छक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masc., Instr., Pl.); कर्तृवाचक (agent-noun)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet forest-tīrtha setting where a pilgrim performs śrāddha: kusa grass seat, water pot, saktu and milk offering, pitṛ-invocation at new moon.

Characters & Entities

• Amāvāsyā
• Pitṛs
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestral welfare is supported through timely śrāddha performed with devotion at a sanctified place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya sacred region and its tīrtha-setting (as the immediate context for prescribed rites).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha on/around amāvāsyā using saktu (parched-grain flour) together with milk as the offering.