Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

जातकर्मादियज्ञेषु विवाहे यज्ञकर्मणि । देवप्रतिष्ठाप्रारंभे वृद्धिश्राद्धं प्रकल्पयेत्

Transliteration

jātakarmādiyajñeṣu vivāhe yajñakarmaṇi | devapratiṣṭhāprāraṃbhe vṛddhiśrāddhaṃ prakalpayet

Translation

Lors des rites tels que le jātakarma et les autres sacrements de la naissance, au mariage, durant les actes de yajña, et au commencement de l’installation d’une divinité, on doit préparer le vṛddhi-śrāddha, le śrāddha pour la croissance et l’auspice.

Word by Word

• जातकर्मादियज्ञेषु: in sacrifices such as the birth-rites
• जातकर्मादियज्ञेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातकर्म-आदि-यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; जातकर्म + आदि + यज्ञ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; अधिकरण; समासः ‘जातकर्मादयः यज्ञाः’ इति (आदि-समुच्चय)

• विवाहे: at a marriage
• विवाहे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• यज्ञकर्मणि: in sacrificial acts
• यज्ञकर्मणि: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + कर्मन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; तत्पुरुष (यज्ञस्य कर्म)

• देवप्रतिष्ठाप्रारंभे: at the commencement of deity-installation
• देवप्रतिष्ठाप्रारंभे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-प्रतिष्ठा-प्रारम्भ (प्रातिपदिक; देव + प्रतिष्ठा + प्रारम्भ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; तत्पुरुष (देवप्रतिष्ठायाः प्रारम्भः)

• वृद्धिश्राद्धम्: the vṛddhi-śrāddha rite
• वृद्धिश्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि-श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; वृद्धि + श्राद्ध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म; तत्पुरुष (वृद्ध्यर्थं श्राद्धम्)

• प्रकल्पयेत्: should arrange/perform
• प्रकल्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कल्प् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household prepares for an auspicious rite: brāhmaṇas seated on kuśa mats, offerings arranged; the yajamāna performs vṛddhi-śrāddha before a wedding/yajña/devapratiṣṭhā, with pitṛ symbols (piṇḍa, tilodaka) and a small altar.

Characters & Entities

• Jātakarma
• Vivāha
• Deva-pratiṣṭhā
• Vṛddhi-śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Major life-rites and sacred commencements are to be supported by honoring ancestors, aligning family dharma with divine worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse gives a general dharma rule within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform vṛddhi-śrāddha at jātakarma-type saṃskāras, weddings, yajñas, and at the start of deva-pratiṣṭhā.