Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

सांकल्पे विहिते श्राद्धे पितॄणां भोजनोद्भवे । समागच्छति यः काले तस्मिञ्छ्राद्धीय एव सः

Transliteration

sāṃkalpe vihite śrāddhe pitṝṇāṃ bhojanodbhave | samāgacchati yaḥ kāle tasmiñchrāddhīya eva saḥ

Translation

Bila śrāddha dilaksanakan dengan saṅkalpa resmi untuk memberi santapan kepada para Pitṛ, siapa pun yang datang tepat pada saat itu hendaklah dianggap sebagai tamu śrāddha.

Word by Word

• सांकल्पे: in the resolve/at the time of intention
• सांकल्पे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरण), एकवचनम्; ‘सांकल्प’ = संकल्प-सम्बन्धे (in the act of resolve)

• विहिते: prescribed/ordained
• विहिते: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + धा (धातु) → विहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘विहिते’ = विधीयमाने/नियतकृते (having been prescribed)

• श्राद्धे: in the śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचनम्

• भोजनोद्भवे: at the arising/occasion of the meal
• भोजनोद्भवे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक); भोजन-उद्भव
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भोजनस्य उद्भवः)

• समागच्छति: comes/arrives
• समागच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• काले: at the proper time
• काले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तस्मिन्: in that (occasion)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘तस्मिन्’ = तत्र (therein)

• श्राद्धीयः: to be treated as belonging to the śrāddha (guest for śrāddha)
• श्राद्धीयः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्राद्धीय (प्रातिपदिक; श्राद्ध-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Avyaya function)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration; likely Sūta speaking to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder at a śrāddha setting with kuśa grass and offerings; an unexpected traveler arrives at the exact moment of feeding; the host welcomes him as the śrāddha-guest, with Pitṛs subtly suggested in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Saṅkalpa
• Pitṛs
• Atithi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

During śrāddha, providence may send the proper recipient; the householder should treat timely arrival as ritually significant.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named directly; the verse gives śrāddha-dharma within the broader tīrtha-mahātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

If someone arrives at the time of a saṅkalpa-initiated śrāddha, he is to be treated as the śrāddha-guest.