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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

नूनं मुक्तिर्भवेत्तेषां चिता भस्मनि गोष्पदम् । दृश्यते तत्र तज्ज्ञात्वा संस्कार्या ब्राह्मणा मृताः

Transliteration

nūnaṃ muktirbhavetteṣāṃ citā bhasmani goṣpadam | dṛśyate tatra tajjñātvā saṃskāryā brāhmaṇā mṛtāḥ

Translation

Assurément, la délivrance leur advient : là, dans les cendres du bûcher funéraire, on voit une marque semblable à une « empreinte de sabot de vache ». Connaissant ce signe, les brāhmanes défunts doivent y recevoir, comme il se doit, les rites funéraires et les saṃskāra appropriés.

Word by Word
नूनम्surely
नूनम्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निश्चयार्थक) — indeclinable particle ‘surely’
मुक्तिःliberation
मुक्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular
भवेत्would be / may be
भवेत्:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — ‘would be/may occur’
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — genitive plural (‘of them’)
चिताfuneral pyre
चिता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचिता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular
भस्मनिin the ashes
भस्मनि:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभस्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — neuter locative singular
गोष्पदम्a cow’s footprint (small hollow)
गोष्पदम्:
Pratipādya/Upamāna (Predicate/उपमान-भाव)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — neuter nominative singular; ‘गोः पदम्’ (cow’s footprint; small hollow)
दृश्यतेis seen/appears
दृश्यते:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम् — passive/impersonal sense ‘is seen/appears’
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Location/देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (देशवाचक) — indeclinable adverb ‘there’
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular (‘that’)
ज्ञात्वाhaving known (this)
ज्ञात्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√ज्ञा (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — absolutive ‘having known’
संस्कार्याःto be duly cremated/ritually processed
संस्कार्याः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + √कृ (धातु) + ण्यत् (कृदन्त; -कार्य)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त भाव्य/कर्तव्य अर्थ (gerundive) — masculine nominative plural ‘to be performed/should be consecrated/cremated’
ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural
मृताःdead
मृताः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — masculine nominative plural ‘dead’ (qualifying ब्राह्मणाः)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triveṇī cremation-bank (within Prayāga tīrtha sphere)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest and family stand by cooled pyre-ashes on a riverbank; within the ash-bed a distinct hoofprint-like depression is visible; the confluence waters shimmer nearby, suggesting divine sanction.

Characters & Entities
T
Triveṇī (implied context)

FAQs

The tīrtha’s power is affirmed through a visible auspicious sign, reinforcing faith in dharmic rites performed at holy places.

The same Triveṇī-associated cremation ground/tīrtha setting described in this adhyāya.

Perform the proper funerary saṃskāras (antyeṣṭi) for deceased Brahmins at that spot, recognizing the auspicious sign in the ashes.

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