Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

त्वदन्वये भविष्यंति पुत्रपौत्रास्तथा परे । कृत्ये श्राद्धे तर्पणे वा क्रियमाणे विधानतः

Transliteration

tvadanvaye bhaviṣyaṃti putrapautrāstathā pare | kṛtye śrāddhe tarpaṇe vā kriyamāṇe vidhānataḥ

Translation

Dans ta lignée, il y aura assurément des fils, des petits-fils et d’autres descendants. Lorsque les rites prescrits—qu’il s’agisse du śrāddha ou du tarpaṇa—seront accomplis selon la règle, ils le seront dûment et en bonne forme.

Word by Word

• त्वत्-अन्वये: in your lineage
• त्वत्-अन्वये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण (loc. sg. ‘in your lineage’)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be, will come to be
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘will be/arise’

• पुत्रपौत्राः: sons and grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra + pautra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; कर्तृपद (nom. pl. ‘sons and grandsons’)

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (also/likewise)

• परे: others (further descendants)
• परे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; कर्तृपद (nom. pl. ‘others/descendants’)

• कृत्ये: in the rite, in the duty
• कृत्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण (loc. sg. ‘in the rite/duty’)

• श्राद्धे: in the śrāddha ceremony
• श्राद्धे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण (loc. sg. ‘in śrāddha’)

• तर्पणे: in the libation/oblation (tarpaṇa)
• तर्पणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tarpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण (loc. sg. ‘in tarpaṇa’)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (disjunctive particle: or)

• क्रियमाणे: while being performed
• क्रियमाणे: Adhikarana (Circumstantial locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; ‘while being done’

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed procedure
• विधानतः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘according to rule/procedure’)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Trilocana context in this adhyāya sequence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household/ghāṭa ritual scene: descendants performing śrāddha or tarpaṇa with kuśa grass, water in añjali, and a brāhmaṇa officiant guiding the vidhi; emphasis on orderly procedure.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• putra (son)
• pautra (grandson)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rites for ancestors bear fruit when performed with proper injunctions and disciplined procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the exact named tīrtha is not specified in this single verse snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha and tarpaṇa should be performed vidhānataḥ—according to scriptural procedure.