Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यस्तत्रकुरुते श्राद्धं सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । स्नात्वा विष्णुपदीतोये गयाश्राद्धफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

yastatrakurute śrāddhaṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | snātvā viṣṇupadītoye gayāśrāddhaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Quiconque accomplit là le śrāddha avec une foi juste—après s’être baigné dans les eaux de Viṣṇupadī—reçoit le mérite du célèbre Gayā-śrāddha.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: there)

• कुरुते: does, performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: properly)

• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्+अन्वि/इ धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (endowed with faith)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): having bathed

• विष्णुपदी-तोये: in the water of Viṣṇupadī
• विष्णुपदी-तोये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णुपदी (प्रातिपदिक) + तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• गया-श्राद्ध-फलम्: the fruit of the Gayā-śrāddha
• गया-श्राद्ध-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक) + श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (māhātmya phalaśruti style; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed, performs śrāddha on a riverbank/kuṇḍa edge; offerings of piṇḍa and tila-water are made while Viṣṇu’s presence is suggested by footprints (viṣṇupada) on a stone near the water.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇupadī
• Gayā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestral duties (pitṛ-dharma) performed with faith at a potent tīrtha can yield extraordinary, pilgrimage-equivalent merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viṣṇupadī tīrtha; its merit is explicitly compared to the renowned Gayā-śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathed in Viṣṇupadī waters, one should perform śrāddha there with proper śraddhā.