Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
Devanagari script
यस्तस्यां कुरुते श्राद्धं सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः
Transliteration
yastasyāṃ kurute śrāddhaṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ
Translation
Quiconque y accomplit le śrāddha correctement, animé de foi,
Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम
तस्याम्in that (place)
तस्याम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कुरुतेperforms
कुरुते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
सम्यक्properly
सम्यक्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
श्रद्धा-समन्वितःendowed with faith
श्रद्धा-समन्वितः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; अन्वि-धातु with सम्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष: श्रद्धया समन्वितः
Speaker
Viśvāmitra
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kūpikā (Gayā-sānnidhya)
Type: kund
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: King
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A householder-pilgrim prepares śrāddha offerings with focused devotion—kuśa grass, tila, water vessel—near the sacred well; the sage’s words hover as a didactic presence.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚrāddhaŚ
ŚraddhāT
Tīrtha (holy well, implied)FAQs
Faith (śraddhā) is taught as the inner qualification that makes śrāddha spiritually effective.
The tīrtha identified as the holy well where Gayā’s power is said to abide.
Śrāddha should be performed ‘samyak’ (correctly) and with śraddhā (faith).