Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

येन तृप्तिं परां यूयं गमिष्यथ पित्रीश्वराः । अमावास्योद्भवं श्राद्धमलब्ध्वापि च वत्सरम्

Transliteration

yena tṛptiṃ parāṃ yūyaṃ gamiṣyatha pitrīśvarāḥ | amāvāsyodbhavaṃ śrāddhamalabdhvāpi ca vatsaram

Translation

«Par ce moyen, ô seigneurs parmi les Pitṛs, vous atteindrez la satisfaction suprême, même si, durant une année entière, vous n’obtenez pas le śrāddha lié au jour d’amāvāsyā (nouvelle lune).»

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पराम्: supreme, great
• पराम्: Karma (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तृप्तिम्-विशेषणम्

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• गमिष्यथ: will attain/go
• गमिष्यथ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पितृ-ईश्वराः: O lords among the Pitṛs
• पितृ-ईश्वराः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पितॄणाम् ईश्वराः)

• अमावास्या-उद्भवम्: arising on Amāvāsyā (new-moon)
• अमावास्या-उद्भवम्: Karma (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अमावास्यायाः उद्भवम्=arising on new-moon)

• श्राद्धम्: Śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अलब्ध्वा: without obtaining
• अलब्ध्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु) उपसर्ग: अ- (निषेध)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘not having obtained’

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connective/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि=even/also)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connective/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• वत्सरम्: a year
• वत्सरम्: Kala (Time extent/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कालपरिमाणे (duration)

Speaker

Brahmā (reported within Bhartṛyajña’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pitṛs (addressed as pitṛ-īśvarāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn śrāddha setting: a householder seated on kuśa grass facing south, offering piṇḍa and water-libations; subtle presence of Pitṛs receiving satisfaction, with a calendrical motif of amāvāsyā fading into a compensatory rite.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Pitṛs
• Amāvāsyā
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A properly timed and authorized rite can compensate for lapses caused by circumstance, sustaining Pitṛ-welfare within dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the verse highlights amāvāsyā-linked śrāddha and its substitute efficacy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Brahmā indicates a method that grants Pitṛs high satisfaction even if amāvāsyā śrāddha has not been performed/available for a year.