Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

तस्माद्भाद्र पदे मासे दुराचार पितॄन्प्रति । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयान्नेन षड्रसेन सभक्तिकम्

Transliteration

tasmādbhādra pade māse durācāra pitṝnprati | brāhmaṇānbhojayānnena ṣaḍrasena sabhaktikam

Translation

Ainsi, au mois de Bhādrapada, si l’on s’est mal conduit envers les Pitṛs (ancêtres), qu’on nourrisse avec révérence des brāhmaṇas d’un repas doté des six saveurs, uni à la dévotion.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-इति तस्मादर्थे), अपादानार्थक-प्रयोगः; indeclinable used in ablative sense “therefore/from that”

• भाद्र: (in the month) Bhādra
• भाद्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; adjective qualifying “पदे” (in Bhādra)

• पदे: in the period/quarter
• पदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; “in the pada/period (of Bhādra)”

• मासे: in the month
• मासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• दुराचार: O evil-doer / wicked person
• दुराचार: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुराचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; vocative/elliptic address “O evil-doer” or nominative used as address

• पितॄन्: the ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• प्रति: towards; for
• प्रति: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/निपातः; direction/target marker “towards/for”

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• भोजयात्: should feed
• भोजयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचन; causative sense “cause to eat/feed” (भोजय-)

• अन्नेन: with food
• अन्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• षड्रसेन: with six-flavoured (food)
• षड्रसेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः “six-flavoured”; qualifying “अन्नेन”

• सभक्तिकम्: with devotion
• सभक्तिकम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग-सदृश) + भक्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः “with devotion”; adverbial accusative qualifying the act of feeding

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Setu-khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis/brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Setukṣetra during Bhādrapada offers a six-taste feast to seated brāhmaṇas, with water-pot, darbha, and a small pitṛ-tarpaṇa setup nearby; the sea and sandy dunes suggest the Setu coast.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Brāhmaṇas
• Bhādrapada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wrongdoing toward ancestors is rectified through humble service and devotional giving—especially feeding worthy brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate setting is the Setu region’s tīrtha tradition; this verse functions as dharma-instruction within the Dhanuṣkoṭi/Setu māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhojana-dāna: feeding brāhmaṇas with a complete meal of six tastes, performed with bhakti as an expiatory act connected to Pitṛ-dharma.