Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

अनुग्रहात्पितॄणां च संततिश्चास्य वर्द्धते । तृतीयायां नरो भक्त्या कुर्याच्छ्राद्धं महालयम्

Transliteration

anugrahātpitṝṇāṃ ca saṃtatiścāsya varddhate | tṛtīyāyāṃ naro bhaktyā kuryācchrāddhaṃ mahālayam

Translation

Par la grâce des ancêtres, sa lignée aussi croît et s’épanouit. Ainsi, au troisième tithi (Tṛtīyā), qu’il accomplisse avec dévotion le śrāddha de Mahālaya.

Word by Word

• अनुग्रहात्: from/through the favor
• अनुग्रहात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन (abl. sg.)

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (gen. pl.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• संततिः: progeny, lineage
• संततिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)

• च: also
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (gen. sg.)

• वर्द्धते: increases
• वर्द्धते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. loc. sg.)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन (instr. sg.)

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• महालयम्: Mahālaya (rite)
• महालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महा + आलय; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ancestors bestow grace; a family’s lineage symbolically blossoms as the householder performs Mahālaya śrāddha on Tṛtīyā with devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (Ancestors)
• Tṛtīyā-tithi
• Mahālaya
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respecting ancestors sustains family continuity; pitṛ-anugraha is presented as a real spiritual force supporting prosperity and progeny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra is the contextual sacred geography in which these Mahālaya śrāddha fruits are proclaimed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Mahālaya śrāddha with devotion on Tṛtīyā-tithi.