Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 196

Devanagari script

तारयिष्यति नः सर्वान्स पुत्रो य इहाश्रमे । चंडिकायाः प्रगत्वाऽथ कुर्याच्छ्राद्धं समाहितः

Transliteration

tārayiṣyati naḥ sarvānsa putro ya ihāśrame | caṃḍikāyāḥ pragatvā'tha kuryācchrāddhaṃ samāhitaḥ

Translation

“Putra yang, di pertapaan suci ini, pergi kepada Caṇḍikā lalu dengan hati terpusat melaksanakan Śrāddha, dialah yang akan menyelamatkan kami semua.”

Word by Word

• तारयिष्यति: will deliver/save
• तारयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ/तार् (धातु; causative/णिच्: तारयति)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — ‘he will deliver/save’

• नः: us
• नः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/द्वितीया (Gen./Acc.) बहुवचन-रूपम्; अत्र द्वितीया-प्रयोगः (object) — ‘us’

• सर्वान्: all (of us)
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Pronoun ‘he’

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Relative pronoun ‘who’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Locative singular

• चण्डिकायाः: of Caṇḍikā
• चण्डिकायाः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• प्रगत्वा: having gone/approached
• प्रगत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + गम् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having gone forth/approached’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक निपात (then/thereupon)

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — ‘should do’

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• समाहितः: composed/with concentration
• समाहितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् — ‘collected/attentive’

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate continuation in Adhyāya 37)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍikā-kṣetra at Arbuda āśrama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted son, after visiting Caṇḍikā at the hermitage, sits in ritual posture performing śrāddha; subtle ancestral figures appear relieved and uplifted.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍikā
• Śrāddha
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Filial duty (putra-dharma) is perfected when devotion and pilgrimage are joined with ancestral rites performed in a holy place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Caṇḍikā-sthāna associated with Arbuda, within the sanctified āśrama/tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing Śrāddha (ancestral offering rite) after going to Caṇḍikā, with a focused and disciplined mind.