Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

एवं शुद्धिसमोपेते द्रव्ये प्राप्ते गृहांतिकम् । पूर्वेद्युः सायमासाद्य श्राद्धार्हाणां द्विजन्मनाम्

Transliteration

evaṃ śuddhisamopete dravye prāpte gṛhāṃtikam | pūrvedyuḥ sāyamāsādya śrāddhārhāṇāṃ dvijanmanām

Translation

Ainsi, lorsque les offrandes pures et dûment qualifiées ont été apportées à la demeure, le soir de la veille on doit aller trouver et préparer avec les « deux-fois-nés » dignes de recevoir le Śrāddha.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• शुद्धिसमोपेते: in (a substance) endowed with purity
• शुद्धिसमोपेते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्धि-समुपेत (प्रातिपदिक; सम्+उप+इ (धातु) से ‘समुपेत’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘शुद्ध्या समुपेत’ = endowed with purity; ‘द्रव्ये’ इति विशेषणम्

• द्रव्ये: in the material/wealth
• द्रव्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• प्राप्ते: having been obtained
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘द्रव्ये’ इति विशेषणम्—when obtained

• गृहान्तिकम्: near the house
• गृहान्तिकम्: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गृह-अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; ‘गृहस्य अन्तिकम्’ = near the house; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial)

• पूर्वेद्युः: on the previous day
• पूर्वेद्युः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वेद्युस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निबद्ध)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (evening)

• आसाद्य: having approached
• आसाद्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘आसाद्य’ = having approached/reached

• श्राद्धार्हाणाम्: of those worthy of śrāddha
• श्राद्धार्हाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्राद्ध-अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; ‘श्राद्धस्य अर्ह’ = worthy of śrāddha; ‘द्विजन्मनाम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• द्विजन्मनाम्: of the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• द्विजन्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि-जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; ‘द्विज’ = twice-born

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña (contextual continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ānarta (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Evening before Śrāddha: a householder arranges clean vessels, darbha, grains; then respectfully approaches learned dvijas at their dwelling/assembly to invite them.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijanman (twice-born)
• Śrāddha recipients

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha succeeds through forethought and purity—right materials and right recipients are to be arranged with care.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it concerns procedural preparation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After securing pure materials, approach and invite śrāddha-worthy dvijas on the previous evening.