Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तत्र यः कुरुते श्राद्धं ग्रहे सूर्यस्य भूमिप । आकल्पं पितरस्तस्य तृप्तिं यांति सुतर्पिताः

Transliteration

tatra yaḥ kurute śrāddhaṃ grahe sūryasya bhūmipa | ākalpaṃ pitarastasya tṛptiṃ yāṃti sutarpitāḥ

Translation

O ruler of the earth, whoever performs śrāddha there, in the abode of Sūrya, causes his ancestors to remain satisfied until the end of the age, well offered to and well pleased.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘तत्र’ = there

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• kurute: does; performs
• kurute: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• śrāddham: Śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• grahe: in the house
• grahe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Locative singular)

• sūryasya: of the Sun
• sūryasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• bhūmipa: O king
• bhūmipa: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi + pa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘भूमि’ + ‘प’ (protector); पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• ākalpam: for a whole kalpa; until kalpa’s end
• ākalpam: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-kalpa (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — ‘आकल्पम्’ = until the end of the kalpa; for a kalpa

• pitaraḥ: the ancestors (fathers)
• pitaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tṛptim: satisfaction
• tṛptim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yānti: attain; go to
• yānti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• su-tarpitāḥ: well satisfied
• su-tarpitāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग) + tṛp (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) ‘सुतर्पित’ = well-satiated; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (qualifying pitaraḥ)

Speaker

Pulastya (implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūrya-gṛha (Surya shrine at Arbuda)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhūmipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a Surya temple, a devotee performs śrāddha: offering piṇḍas and water-libations, with brāhmaṇas seated for bhojana; behind, a radiant Surya icon or chariot motif; ancestors symbolically receiving satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Sun-god)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha performed at a sanctified place, especially linked with Sūrya, is praised as granting enduring contentment to the ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kanakhala-tīrtha, specifically the Sūrya-gṛha (abode/temple of Sūrya) associated with it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha at the Sūrya-abode at this tīrtha for the benefit of the Pitṛs.