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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

भर्तृयज्ञ उवाच । श्राद्धार्हैर्ब्राह्मणैः कार्यं श्राद्धं दर्शे तु पार्वणम् । विपरीतं न कर्तव्यं श्राद्धमेकं कथंचन

Transliteration

bhartṛyajña uvāca | śrāddhārhairbrāhmaṇaiḥ kāryaṃ śrāddhaṃ darśe tu pārvaṇam | viparītaṃ na kartavyaṃ śrāddhamekaṃ kathaṃcana

Translation

Bhartṛyajña dit : le Śrāddha doit être accompli avec des brāhmaṇa dignes d’en être les récipiendaires ; et au jour de nouvelle lune, l’on doit célébrer le Śrāddha Pārvaṇa. Qu’en aucune circonstance on n’accomplisse ne fût-ce qu’un seul Śrāddha d’une manière contraire (impropre).

Word by Word
भर्तृयज्ञःBhartṛyajña (name)
भर्तृयज्ञः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वक्तृ-नाम (speaker’s name)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
श्राद्धार्हैःby those fit for śrāddha
श्राद्धार्हैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्राद्धार्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः: श्राद्धस्य अर्हः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्
ब्राह्मणैःby Brahmins
ब्राह्मणैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
कार्यंto be done / should be performed
कार्यं:
Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) + यत् (कृत् प्रत्यय) → कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम्
श्राद्धंśrāddha rite
श्राद्धं:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन
दर्शेon the new-moon day (darśa)
दर्शे:
Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अमावास्या-कालवाचक
तुbut / indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक
पार्वणम्the pārvaṇa (type of śrāddha)
पार्वणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्वण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; श्राद्ध-विशेषः
विपरीतम्the opposite (procedure)
विपरीतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootविपरीत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्मपद)
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)
कर्तव्यम्to be done / should be done
कर्तव्यम्:
Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत् प्रत्यय) → कर्तव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; निषेध-विधेय
श्राद्धम्śrāddha
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
एकम्one / single
एकम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषणम्
कथंचनin any manner whatsoever
कथंचन:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथंचन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘कथम्+चन’ = ‘in any way’
Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhartṛyajña instructs a householder: a teacher-figure seated with scripture, pointing to a lunar disc symbolizing darśa; nearby, a prepared śrāddha altar with piṇḍas and vessels; eligible brāhmaṇas seated in readiness.

Characters & Entities
B
Bhartṛyajña

FAQs

Ancestral rites must be done with integrity—right time, right method, and right recipients—because dharma is upheld through correctness, not mere intention.

The broader discourse belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, though this verse itself is a procedural rule for śrāddha.

Perform the pārvaṇa śrāddha on the Darśa/Amāvasyā day, and avoid any improper (viparīta) performance.

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