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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

दवे कर्मणि पित्र्ये वा सोमपाने विशेषतः । देशांतरगतो यस्तु श्राद्धं च कुरुते नरः । वैश्वानरपुरस्तेन कार्यं नान्यद्विजस्य च

Transliteration

dave karmaṇi pitrye vā somapāne viśeṣataḥ | deśāṃtaragato yastu śrāddhaṃ ca kurute naraḥ | vaiśvānarapurastena kāryaṃ nānyadvijasya ca

Translation

En un rito de dána (donación) o en ritos ancestrales, y especialmente en las ceremonias de beber Soma: si un hombre, yendo a otra región, realiza el śrāddha, debe primero efectuar el rito ante Vaiśvānara (Agni); y no debe emplear a ningún otro brāhmaṇa no prescrito.

Word by Word
दवेin/at Dava (place)
दवे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (locative of place)
कर्मणिin a rite/act
कर्मणि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विषय/प्रसङ्गवाचक
पित्र्येancestral (pitṛ-related)
पित्र्ये:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपित्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘कर्मणि’)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle ‘or’)
सोमपानेin the Soma-drinking (rite)
सोमपाने:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसोमपान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य पानम्)
विशेषतःespecially
विशेषतः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेषतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner/emphasis)
देशांतरगतःgone to another country/place
देशांतरगतः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदेश + अन्तर + गत (गम् धातु, क्त/कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘गत’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देशान्तरं गतः)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयबोधक (but/indeed)
श्राद्धम्Śrāddha (ancestral offering)
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction ‘and’)
कुरुतेdoes/performs
कुरुते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
वैश्वानरपुरःVaiśvānara city/place
वैश्वानरपुरः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवैश्वानर + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वैश्वानरस्य पुरम्)
तेनby him/thereby
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणवाचक
कार्यम्(it) should be done / duty
कार्यम्:
Karta (Predicate-noun/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य (कृ धातु, ण्यत्/कृदन्त; प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय (what is to be done)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)
अन्यत्anything else
अन्यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘anything else’
द्विजस्यof a Brāhmaṇa (twice-born)
द्विजस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय
Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaiśvānara-pura (as invoked ritual locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpoत्तम (best of kings) implied by surrounding verses’ address

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler performs śrāddha in a foreign land: a small altar with sacred fire (Vaiśvānara), darbha, piṇḍas, and a carefully chosen brāhmaṇa seated with restraint; the landscape hints at a tīrtha settlement.

Characters & Entities
V
Vaiśvānara (Agni)
Ś
Śrāddha
S
Soma-pāna

FAQs

When performing rites away from one’s proper locale, additional safeguards (Agni/Vaiśvānara-first procedure) uphold ritual correctness and continuity.

The instruction is framed within the Gayākūpī/tīrtha discourse but applies broadly to śrāddha performed while traveling (deśāntara-gata).

If performing śrāddha in another region, perform the rite with Vaiśvānara (Agni) set foremost/first, and avoid engaging non-prescribed brāhmaṇas.

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