Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

न कृतानि पुरा येषामेकोद्दिष्टानि षोडश । तथा नैव वृषोत्सर्गो गोहताश्चाथ चान्त्यजैः

Transliteration

na kṛtāni purā yeṣāmekoddiṣṭāni ṣoḍaśa | tathā naiva vṛṣotsargo gohatāścātha cāntyajaiḥ

Translation

«Ceux pour qui, jadis, les seize offrandes ekoddiṣṭa n’ont pas été accomplies; de même ceux pour qui le rite de vṛṣotsarga n’a pas été fait; et aussi ceux qui furent tués par des antyaja, des exclus : que tous ces ancêtres soient secourus par la sainteté de ce lieu.»

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• kṛtāni: done, performed
• kṛtāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• purā: formerly, earlier
• purā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• eka-uddiṣṭāni: the single-offering rites (ekoddiṣṭa)
• eka-uddiṣṭāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (एक, संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक) + uddiṣṭa (उद्+दिश् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (एकं उद्दिष्टं यस्मिन्/यत्)

• ṣoḍaśa: sixteen
• ṣoḍaśa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣoḍaśa (षोडश, संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; (here) विशेषणरूपेण—‘षोडश (sixteen)’

• tathā: likewise, also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/likewise)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• eva: indeed, at all
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• vṛṣa-utsargaḥ: release of a bull (vṛṣotsarga rite)
• vṛṣa-utsargaḥ: Karma (Item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (वृष, प्रातिपदिक) + utsarga (उत्सर्ग, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वृषस्य उत्सर्गः)

• go-hatāḥ: cow-killers
• go-hatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (गो, प्रातिपदिक) + hata (हन् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गां हताः—go-killers)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• atha: then, moreover
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/प्रसङ्गवाचक-अव्यय (then/also)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• antyajaiḥ: by outcastes (antyajas)
• antyajaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antyaja (अन्त्यज, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual prayer within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified within the excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A detailed śrāddha rite at Prabhāsa: sixteen offerings arranged; a bull (vṛṣa) symbol or donation scene indicates vṛṣotsarga; mourners and priests perform rites for those slain in inauspicious circumstances, with the kṣetra’s light sanctifying all.

Characters & Entities

• Ekoddiṣṭa
• Ṣoḍaśa
• Vṛṣotsarga
• Antyaja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places and proper rites together address omissions in dharma, especially duties owed to the departed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a powerful remedial tīrtha for pitṛ obligations.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ekoddiṣṭa śrāddhas (sixteen) and vṛṣotsarga are explicitly referenced as ancestral rites.