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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

संनिवेश्य दर्भबटूञ्छ्राद्धं कुर्याद्द्विजोत्तमाः । दक्षिणा भोजनं देयं स्थानिकानां चिरादपि

Transliteration

saṃniveśya darbhabaṭūñchrāddhaṃ kuryāddvijottamāḥ | dakṣiṇā bhojanaṃ deyaṃ sthānikānāṃ cirādapi

Translation

Ô le meilleur des deux-fois-nés : après avoir fait asseoir les effigies de darbha, qu’il accomplisse le śrāddha. Qu’il offre aussi la dakṣiṇā et un repas—même aux gens du lieu—afin que le rite s’achève selon le dharma du lieu sacré.

Word by Word
संनिवेश्यhaving seated/arranged
संनिवेश्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्-नि-विश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)
दर्भबटून्the darbha-made/with-darbha novices (baṭus)
दर्भबटून्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदर्भ + बटु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (दर्भमयाः बटवः)
श्राद्धम्Śrāddha
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
कुर्यात्should perform
कुर्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
द्विजोत्तमाःO best of the twice-born (Brāhmaṇas)
द्विजोत्तमाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (द्विजेषु उत्तमाः)
दक्षिणाfee/gift (dakṣiṇā)
दक्षिणा:
Karta (Predicate-noun/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
भोजनम्food/meal
भोजनम्:
Karta (Predicate-noun/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
देयम्to be given
देयम्:
Kriya (Obligation/विधि)
TypeAdjective
Rootदेय (दा धातु, यत्/कृदन्त; प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be given)
स्थानिकानाम्to/for the local residents
स्थानिकानाम्:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थानिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
चिरात्after a long time / long
चिरात्:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचिरात् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (also/even)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instructional tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to dvijoत्तमाः (best of twice-born) as instruction; broader frame likely king-listener in surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha setting: darbha laid out, piṇḍa plates, water vessels; brāhmaṇas seated; the yajamāna offers dakṣiṇā and serves a meal; local residents receive respectful portions near a tīrtha precinct.

FAQs

A tīrtha-śrāddha is fulfilled through correct ritual form and generous completion—especially gifts and feeding in a spirit aligned with the sacred place’s dharma.

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; it praises tīrtha-based śrāddha practice in general rather than naming a single site in this line.

Seat the darbha arrangements for the rite, perform śrāddha, and give dakṣiṇā and food—also to locals/residents.

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