Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 122

Devanagari script

पितॄणां देवतानां च मनुष्याणां सुतृप्ति दम् । तस्माच्छ्राद्धं प्रकर्तव्यं पुरुषेण विजानता

Transliteration

pitṝṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ sutṛpti dam | tasmācchrāddhaṃ prakartavyaṃ puruṣeṇa vijānatā

Translation

Le śrāddha accorde une pleine satisfaction aux Pitṛs, aux dieux et même aux êtres humains. C’est pourquoi l’homme avisé doit assurément accomplir le śrāddha.

Word by Word

• pitṝṇām: of the ancestors
• pitṝṇām: Sambandha (genitive: of/for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• devatānām: of the deities
• devatānām: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• manuṣyāṇām: of humans
• manuṣyāṇām: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• su-tṛpti-dam: giving full satisfaction
• su-tṛpti-dam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate adjective of śrāddham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘सुतृप्तिं ददाति’ (giving good satisfaction)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apadana (reason/source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् पञ्चमी-एकवचन (ablatival): ‘therefore/from that’

• śrāddham: śrāddha
• śrāddham: Karma (object of implied ‘should be done’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• prakartavyam: should be performed
• prakartavyam: Vidhi (predicate necessity)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√kṛ (धातु) → kartavya (कृदन्त, तव्यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त विधेय (gerundive): ‘to be done/should be performed’

• puruṣeṇa: by a man/person
• puruṣeṇa: Kartr̥ (agent in passive/gerundive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• vijānatā: by one who knows
• vijānatā: Viśeṣaṇa (of puruṣeṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√jñā (धातु) → vijānat (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमानकाले (present active participle): ‘knowing/understanding’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tripartite satisfaction motif: Pitṛs above receiving water offerings, Devas in a subtle upper band, and humans (brāhmaṇas/guests) being fed; the performer centered as a wise householder.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Devatās (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha is affirmed as a dharmic act that nourishes the ancestral realm and supports cosmic harmony by satisfying Pitṛs and devas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse speaks generally within Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is to perform Śrāddha (ancestral offering) as a regular duty for one who understands its purpose.