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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं हित्वा याति शिवालयम् । श्राद्धं कृत्वा विधानेन पित्ःणामनृणी भवेत् । ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेच्छक्त्या तेभ्यो दद्याच्च दक्षिणाम्

Transliteration

saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ hitvā yāti śivālayam | śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena pitḥṇāmanṛṇī bhavet | brāhmaṇān bhojayecchaktyā tebhyo dadyācca dakṣiṇām

Translation

Rejetant les péchés amassés durant sept naissances, on gagne la demeure de Śiva. En accomplissant le śrāddha selon la règle prescrite, on devient quitte envers les ancêtres ; qu’on nourrisse des brāhmaṇas selon ses moyens et qu’on leur offre la dakṣiṇā.

Word by Word
सप्तजन्मकृतम्done over seven births
सप्तजन्मकृतम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त-जन्म-कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular (qualifying पापम्); कृदन्त: √कृ (क्त) ‘कृत’; समास: सप्तसु जन्मसु कृतम् (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)
पापम्sin
पापम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular
हित्वाhaving given up
हित्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: हा (जहाति) — having abandoned
यातिgoes
याति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — present indicative, 3rd sg
शिवालयम्Śiva’s abode/temple
शिवालयम्:
Karman (Goal/कर्म-प्राप्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव-आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular; समास: शिवस्य आलयः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular
कृत्वाhaving performed
कृत्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: कृ — having done
विधानेनaccording to the prescribed procedure
विधानेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — neuter instrumental singular
पितॄणाम्of the ancestors
पितॄणाम्:
Sampradana/Adhikarana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — masculine genitive plural
अनृणीfree from debt/obligation
अनृणी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनृणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular (predicate adjective)
भवेत्would become
भवेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — optative, 3rd sg
ब्राह्मणान्Brahmins
ब्राह्मणान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — masculine accusative plural
भोजयेत्should feed
भोजयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — optative, 3rd sg; णिच् (causative) sense: ‘cause to eat/feed’
शक्त्याaccording to one’s ability
शक्त्या:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — feminine instrumental singular
तेभ्यःto them
तेभ्यः:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), बहुवचन — masculine dative plural
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — optative, 3rd sg
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक निपात) — conjunction
दक्षिणाम्a gift/fee (dakṣiṇā)
दक्षिणाम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimaleśvara-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (continued address context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank altar, the performer offers piṇḍa and tila-water with kusa grass; brāhmaṇas are seated for bhojana; in the background a Śiva shrine stands, symbolizing the path to Śiva’s abode after purification.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)
B
Brāhmaṇas
Ś
Śrāddha
D
Dakṣiṇā

FAQs

Pilgrimage must mature into dharma: honoring ancestors and supporting the learned completes purification and leads to Śiva’s grace.

The Revā Khaṇḍa setting around Vimaleśvara, where tīrtha-merit is linked with śrāddha and charity.

Perform śrāddha properly, feed brāhmaṇas as able, and offer dakṣiṇā.

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