Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यः क्षीरं मधुना युक्तं तस्मिन्नहनि यच्छति । पितॄनुद्दिश्य यो मांसं दद्याद्वाध्रीणसं च यः

Transliteration

yaḥ kṣīraṃ madhunā yuktaṃ tasminnahani yacchati | pitṝnuddiśya yo māṃsaṃ dadyādvādhrīṇasaṃ ca yaḥ

Translation

Quien en ese día ofrezca leche mezclada con miel—y quien, con la intención de los Pitṛs, entregue carne, incluso la carne del vādhrīṇasa—

Word by Word

• yaḥ: he who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक; यद्-प्रोनाउन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धि-प्रोनाउन

• kṣīram: milk
• kṣīram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• madhunā: with honey
• madhunā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument/with)

• yuktam: mixed; combined
• yuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuj (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘kṣīram’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tasmin: on that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; तद्)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; अधिकरणे

• ahani: day
• ahani: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• yacchati: gives; offers
• yacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yam (धातु; √यम् ‘to give/offer’ in causative sense not used here)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• pitṝn: the ancestors (Pitṛs)
• pitṝn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्म (whom addressed/for)

• uddiśya: intending; addressing (to)
• uddiśya: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: diś (धातु) + ud- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); हेत्वर्थ/पूर्वक्रिया (having intended/aimed at)

• yaḥ: he who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धि-प्रोनाउन (repetition)

• māṃsam: meat
• māṃsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• vādhrīṇasam: vādhrīṇasa (a specific meat/food item)
• vādhrīṇasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vādhrīṇasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म; दुर्लभ-शब्द (a kind of meat/food item, traditionally identified with boar/varāha-related flesh or a specific preparation)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ (conjunction)

• yaḥ: he who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धि-प्रोनाउन (repetition)

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King Ānarta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha setting: performer offers a bowl of milk mixed with honey; nearby are piṇḍas, kuśa, sesame, and a respectful arrangement for pitṛ-uddeśa; the sage’s instruction frames the act.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Kṣīra
• Madhu
• Vādhrīṇasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha is concretely enacted through dedicated offerings; intention toward the Pitṛs is central to the rite’s efficacy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ritual teaching is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative context, though no site-name appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer milk mixed with honey, and make Pitṛ-intended food offerings (including specified meats per the text).