Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

यत्र संस्क्रियमाणे च कलहः संप्रजायते । पंक्तिभेदो विशेषेण तच्छ्राद्धं व्यर्थतां व्रजेत्

Transliteration

yatra saṃskriyamāṇe ca kalahaḥ saṃprajāyate | paṃktibhedo viśeṣeṇa tacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ vrajet

Translation

準備の最中に争いが起こり、ことに供食の座列が断たれ乱れるところでは、そのシュラーダ（śrāddha）は実りを失い無益となる。

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb)

• संस्क्रियमाणे: while (it) is being performed
• संस्क्रियमाणे: Adhikarana (Temporal-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √कृ (धातु) → संस्क्रियमाण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्/माण), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सम्भव; ‘(श्राद्धे) संस्क्रियमाणे’ = ‘while being performed’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• कलहः: quarrel
• कलहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संप्रजायते: arises
• संप्रजायते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• पंक्तिभेदः: disruption of the dining line/row
• पंक्तिभेदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पंक्ति + भेद (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘पंक्तेः भेदः’

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषणम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (sandhi in tacchrāddham)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• व्यर्थताम्: futility
• व्यर्थताम्: Gati (Goal/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यर्थता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• व्रजेत्: would become/go to
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Preparations for śrāddha: attendants arrange seats and leaf plates; two helpers begin to quarrel, but an elder calms them; the brāhmaṇa dining row is shown continuous and unbroken, emphasizing restored order.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harmony and orderly conduct are part of dharma; conflict and disorder negate the intended sacred offering to the ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is not tied to a named tīrtha in the snippet; it is a general rule within the tīrtha-māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prevent quarrels during preparations and maintain proper seating/sequence (paṅkti) in the śrāddha meal.