Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

श्राद्धं तत्रैव यो भक्त्या पित्ःणामथ दापयेत् । स याति परमं स्थानं बलभद्रवचो यथा

Transliteration

śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yo bhaktyā pitḥṇāmatha dāpayet | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ balabhadravaco yathā

Translation

そこで信心をもって祖霊（ピトリ）へのシュラッダ（Śrāddha）を執り行わせる者は、バラバドラの言葉のとおり、至上の住処に至る。

Word by Word

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (restrictive particle)

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

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sampradana/Beneficiary (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक/समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (then/and)

• दापयेत्: should cause to be given / should offer
• दापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) [णिच्-प्रत्यय causative: दापय]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त (causative)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘स्थानम्’ इति विशेषण

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बलभद्रवचः: the word of Balabhadra
• बलभद्रवचः: Upamana/Pramana (Reference/प्रमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलभद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘बलभद्रस्य वचः’)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानार्थक/प्रकारवाचक (as/just as)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Mārkaṇḍeya continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverside śrāddha: performer seated on kusa grass near the Revā, offering piṇḍa and tilodaka; brāhmaṇas present; calm river and ritual vessels; invocation of pitṛs.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Balabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pitṛ-kārya performed with devotion at a sanctified tīrtha becomes a powerful dharmic act leading to exalted spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Revā-region tīrtha (Saṃkarṣaṇa), praised as efficacious for pitṛ-śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing/arranging Śrāddha offerings for the Pitṛs at that tīrtha.