Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

तौर्यत्रिकप्रियो न स्यात्कांस्ये पादौ न धावयेत् । श्राद्धं कृत्वा परश्राद्धे योऽश्नीयाज्ज्ञानवर्जितः

Transliteration

tauryatrikapriyo na syātkāṃsye pādau na dhāvayet | śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā paraśrāddhe yo'śnīyājjñānavarjitaḥ

Translation

歌・舞・器楽という三つの遊芸に耽ってはならず、また青銅の器で足を洗ってはならない。さらに、シュラーダ（祖霊供養）を行った後、分別なく他人のシュラーダで食する者は不相応の行いである。

Word by Word

• tauryatrika-priyaḥ: fond of music/dance/instruments (tauryatrika)
• tauryatrika-priyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tauryatrika (प्रातिपदिक) + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (तौर्यत्रिकस्य प्रियः)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• syāt: should be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kāṃsye: in/with a bronze vessel (bell-metal)
• kāṃsye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṃsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• pādau: (one’s) two feet
• pādau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• dhāvayet: should wash
• dhāvayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhāv (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative sense possible: ‘cause to wash/run’)

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

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• para-śrāddhe: at another person’s śrāddha
• para-śrāddhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (परस्य श्राद्धे = अन्यस्य श्राद्धे)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• aśnīyāt: should eat
• aśnīyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √aś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• jñāna-varjitaḥ: devoid of understanding/knowledge
• jñāna-varjitaḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (कृदन्त; √vṛj/√varj (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (ज्ञानं वर्जितः = ज्ञानरहितः)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Brāhma Khaṇḍa didactic narration in Dharmāraṇya context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim declines a festive performance; a bronze vessel is kept for ritual use, not for feet; a śrāddha setting with piṇḍa and offerings, the performer respectfully refrains from joining another śrāddha meal nearby.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discipline over sense-indulgence and careful ritual etiquette protect the sanctity of ancestral rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a general dharma rule-set within Dharmāraṇya instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Conduct around śrāddha: avoid improper participation/food consumption connected to another’s śrāddha after performing one’s own.