Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

शेषकाले तु यः श्राद्धं प्रकरिष्यति तैर्विना । व्यर्थं संपत्स्यते तस्य मम वाक्यादसंशयम्

Transliteration

śeṣakāle tu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ prakariṣyati tairvinā | vyarthaṃ saṃpatsyate tasya mama vākyādasaṃśayam

Translation

Mais en d’autres temps, quiconque accomplit le śrāddha sans eux (les Viśvedevā) verra son acte devenir sans fruit—cela est certain par ma parole, sans aucun doute.

Word by Word

• शेषकाले: at a later/remaining time
• शेषकाले: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेषकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'शेषः कालः' (remaining time)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रकरिष्यति: will perform
• प्रकरिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+√कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तैः: with them (the Viśvedevas)
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; (विश्वेदेवैः इत्यर्थे)

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Exclusion/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वियोगार्थक उपपद (without)

• व्यर्थम्: in vain
• व्यर्थम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व्यर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: 'in vain')

• संपत्स्यते: will turn out, will become
• संपत्स्यते: Kriya (Action/Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+√पद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• वाक्यात्: from (my) statement; because of the word
• वाक्यात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• असंशयम्: undoubtedly
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Certainty/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ (उपसर्ग/नञ्) + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'without doubt'), नञ्-तत्पुरुषभावेन रूढ

Speaker

Brahmā

Characters & Entities

• Viśvedevāḥ
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right intention must be matched with right method; dharma is upheld by performing rites in the prescribed manner and time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named; the verse codifies a general śrāddha rule within a tirtha-mahātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Outside the special allowed occasions, śrāddha performed without the Viśvedevās is declared ineffective.