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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

वैश्वदेवविहीनं तु अशक्तावुदकेन तु । एकोद्दिष्टं तु यच्छ्राद्धं तन्नैमित्तिकमुच्यते

Transliteration

vaiśvadevavihīnaṃ tu aśaktāvudakena tu | ekoddiṣṭaṃ tu yacchrāddhaṃ tannaimittikamucyate

Translation

ヴァイシュヴァデーヴァ（Vaiśvadeva）の供献を欠き、力及ばぬときは水のみで行うことさえある—一人の亡者に捧げるエーコッディシュタ（ekoddiṣṭa）シュラーダ—これを「ナイミッティカ（naimittika）」すなわち折々の供養という。

Word by Word
वैश्वदेवविहीनम्devoid of the vaiśvadeva (offering)
वैश्वदेवविहीनम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवैश्वदेव + विहीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वैश्वदेवेन विहीनम् = devoid of vaiśvadeva offering)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात
अशक्तौin inability/when unable
अशक्तौ:
Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootअशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
उदकेनwith water
उदकेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootउदक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
तुand/but
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
एकोद्दिष्टम्intended for a single (departed person)
एकोद्दिष्टम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक + उद्दिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (एकं उद्दिष्टम् = intended for one)
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देश
नैमित्तिकम्occasional/causal (nām. naimittika)
नैमित्तिकम्:
Visheshya-Predicate (Predicative adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनैमित्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
उच्यतेis called
उच्यते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa Māhātmya instructional tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder at Prabhāsa performs ekoddiṣṭa śrāddha with a simple water vessel, kusa grass, and a focused saṅkalpa; elders/priests witness the restrained rite near a coastal tīrtha setting.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrāddha
V
Vaiśvadeva
E
Ekoddiṣṭa
N
Naimittika
U
Udaka (water offering)

FAQs

Dharma accommodates limitation: even simplified offerings, done with sincerity for a specific occasion, remain valid and meaningful.

The instruction is situated within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, implying that such rites—performed in the Prabhāsa sacred ambit—carry heightened sanctity.

It defines naimittika śrāddha as ekoddiṣṭa śrāddha done without Vaiśvadeva; if one lacks means, it may be performed with water offerings.

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