Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यः श्राद्धं कुरुते तत्र अघोरेश्वरदक्षिणे । आकल्पं तृप्तिमायांति पितरस्तस्य तर्पिताः

Transliteration

yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute tatra aghoreśvaradakṣiṇe | ākalpaṃ tṛptimāyāṃti pitarastasya tarpitāḥ

Translation

Quiconque accomplit là le śrāddha, au sud d’Aghoreśvara, ses ancêtres, ainsi rassasiés par le tarpaṇa, atteignent la pleine satisfaction durant un kalpa entier.

Word by Word

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

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

• कुरुते: performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• अघोरेश्वरदक्षिणे: to the south of Aghoreśvara
• अघोरेश्वरदक्षिणे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघोरेश्वर + दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (देशवाचक), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आकल्पम्: until (the end of) a kalpa
• आकल्पम्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आकल्प (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb): until the end of a kalpa

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आयान्ति: attain, come to
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• तर्पिताः: satiated, satisfied (by offerings)
• तर्पिताः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aghoreśvara-dakṣiṇa (southern śrāddha-sthāna)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A family performs śrāddha in a marked southern precinct of Aghoreśvara: piṇḍas on darbha, tila-water libations, brāhmaṇas seated, and subtle ancestral forms receiving satisfaction in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Aghoreśvara
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Performing ancestral rites at a specially empowered tīrtha yields extraordinary, long-lasting benefit for one’s lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The southern area of Aghoreśvara within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha (and implied pitṛ-tarpaṇa) is to be performed at the spot south of Aghoreśvara.