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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

ततः स विस्मयाविष्टस्तेषामेव पृथक्पृथक् । श्राद्धं चक्रे च भूतानां नित्यमेव समाहितः

tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭasteṣāmeva pṛthakpṛthak | śrāddhaṃ cakre ca bhūtānāṃ nityameva samāhitaḥ

Alors, saisi d’émerveillement, il accomplit le śrāddha pour ces êtres disparus, chacun séparément, demeurant toujours recueilli et attentif dans le rite.

ततःthen
ततः:
Kala (Time adjunct/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; क्रम/हेतुवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (then/thereupon)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
विस्मय-आविष्टःovercome with astonishment
विस्मय-आविष्टः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootविस्मय (प्रातिपदिक) + आविष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विश् प्रवेशने, आ- + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: विस्मयेन आविष्टः (overcome by wonder)
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
एवindeed
एव:
Emphasis adjunct
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थक-निपातः
पृथक्separately
पृथक्:
Manner adjunct
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)
पृथक्each by itself
पृथक्:
Manner adjunct
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; पुनरुक्तिः बलार्था (reduplication for emphasis)
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन
चक्रेdid, performed
चक्रे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्
and
:
Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)
भूतानाम्of the beings (departed spirits)
भूतानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धे (for/of beings)
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kala (Time adjunct/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative)
एवindeed
एव:
Emphasis adjunct
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थक-निपातः
समाहितःcomposed, attentive
समाहितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्-आ-√धा धारणे/समाधौ, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः; स्थितिवाचकः (composed/collected)

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific named speaker not present in snippet)

Type: kshetra

Scene: The Śūdra, astonished yet composed, performs śrāddha repeatedly—separate offerings for each departed—arranging darbha, water, and piṇḍas with focused posture.

Ś
śrāddha
B
bhūta (departed beings)

FAQs

Sincere, disciplined performance of prescribed rites—done carefully and individually—brings spiritual benefit to the departed.

The rite occurs within the sanctified kṣetra context of the chapter; the shloka emphasizes correct performance rather than naming the site.

Śrāddha is to be performed for the departed, and done separately for each (pṛthak-pṛthak) with steady attention.