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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । श्राद्धं कृत्वा गृहे भक्त्या शुचिश्चापि जितेन्द्रियः । गुरुं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य भोज्य सीमान्तके ततः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā gṛhe bhaktyā śuciścāpi jitendriyaḥ | guruṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhojya sīmāntake tataḥ

Translation

Īśvara dit : «Après avoir accompli chez soi le śrāddha avec dévotion — pur et maître de ses sens — qu’on fasse la circumambulation du guru, puis qu’on nourrisse (les Brāhmaṇa invités) à la limite du village.»

Word by Word
ईश्वरĪśvara (Lord)
ईश्वर:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)
गृहेat home
गृहे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karaṇa (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन
शुचिःpure
शुचिः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of the doer)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
अपिalso
अपि:
Samuccaya (Addition/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)
जितेन्द्रियःself-controlled (having conquered the senses)
जितेन्द्रियः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootजित+इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—जितानि इन्द्रियाणि येन (one who has conquered the senses)
गुरुम्the teacher
गुरुम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
प्रदक्षिणीकृत्यhaving circumambulated
प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य:
Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+दक्षिणी+कृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘प्रदक्षिणी-कृ’ = to circumambulate
भोज्यto be eaten / (then) eat
भोज्य:
Vidhi (Injunctive predicate/विधि)
TypeAdjective
Rootभोज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative/elliptic: ‘one should eat/one is to eat’)
सीमान्तकेat the boundary-end (border place)
सीमान्तके:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसीमान्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
ततःthereafter
ततः:
Kramārtha (Sequence/क्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formक्रम/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereafter; from that)
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva/Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda (destination implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Uttānapāda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A clean household altar with pitṛ offerings; the performer, restrained and composed, circumambulates a seated guru; then brāhmaṇas are served near the village boundary marker.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)
G
Guru

FAQs

Ritual power is grounded in devotion, purity, self-restraint, and reverence to the guru before undertaking tīrtha rites.

The instructions are for tīrtha-śrāddha in the Revā Khaṇḍa setting, without naming a single ford in this verse.

Perform śrāddha at home first; maintain purity and sense-control; circumambulate the guru; then conduct feeding at the settlement boundary.

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