Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

अस्नातैर्यत्कृतं श्राद्धं यच्चाधौतांबरैः कृतम् । तैलाभ्यंगयुतैश्चैव तत्ते सर्वं भविष्यति

Transliteration

asnātairyatkṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ yaccādhautāṃbaraiḥ kṛtam | tailābhyaṃgayutaiścaiva tatte sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

Śrāddha yang dilakukan oleh orang yang belum mandi, atau dengan pakaian yang belum dicuci, dan juga dalam keadaan berlumur minyak pijat—semua cela itu akan menimpa ritusmu.

Word by Word

• अस्नातैः: by those who have not bathed
• अस्नातैः: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्नात (कृदन्त, क्त; √स्ना)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; ‘अस्नातैः (जनैः)’—agent/instrumental in passive construction

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• कृतम्: done/performed
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), qualifying ‘श्राद्धम्’

• श्राद्धम्: Śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma/Prameya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अधौताम्बरैः: by those wearing unwashed garments
• अधौताम्बरैः: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधौत (कृदन्त, क्त; √धाव्) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; ‘अधौतं अम्बरं येषाम्’ इति बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रयोगः, परन्तु रूपतः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समाससदृश; here treated as तत्पुरुषः (अधौत-अम्बर); ‘अधौताम्बरैः (जनैः)’

• कृतम्: done/performed
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, qualifying ‘श्राद्धम्’ (elliptic repetition)

• तैलाभ्यङ्गयुतैः: by those with oil-massage
• तैलाभ्यङ्गयुतैः: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक) + अभ्यङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; ‘तैल-अभ्यङ्गेन युतैः’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः; ‘...युतैः (जनैः)’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• ते: your/for you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; adjective to ‘तत्’

• भविष्यति: will become/shall be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brahmā (contextual continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder preparing for śrāddha: one figure unbathed with oil sheen, another in clean white cloth after bathing; the priest indicates the need for snāna and clean garments before approaching the altar.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Snāna
• Śauca
• Tailābhyaṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer cleanliness supports inner reverence; śrāddha is to be done in a state of śauca (ritual purity).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the verse gives general śrāddha discipline within pilgrimage literature.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe, wear clean (washed) garments, and avoid performing śrāddha in an oily, massaged state.