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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

मृतेऽहनि पितुर्यस्तु न कुर्याच्छ्राद्धमादरात् । मातुश्चैव वरारोहे स द्विजः शूद्रसंनिभः

Transliteration

mṛte'hani pituryastu na kuryācchrāddhamādarāt | mātuścaiva varārohe sa dvijaḥ śūdrasaṃnibhaḥ

Translation

父の命日に敬虔にシュラーダ（śrāddha）を修さず、また母についても同様であるならば、ああ麗しき腰の君よ、その「再生者（両生）」は法（ダルマ）の位においてシュードラに等しい。

Word by Word
मृतेupon (his) death / when dead
मृते:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Rootमृ (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘मृते (सति)’ = when (someone) has died
अहनिon the day
अहनि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
पितुःof the father
पितुः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय
कुर्यात्should do
कुर्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
आदरात्out of respect
आदरात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootआदर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (‘out of respect’)
मातुःof the mother
मातुः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)
वरारोहेO fair-thighed lady
वरारोहे:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवरारोही (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (‘वरम् आरोहः यस्याः’ = she of beautiful thighs), स्त्री-सम्बोधन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
द्विजःa twice-born (brahmin etc.)
द्विजः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
शूद्रसंनिभःlike a śūdra
शूद्रसंनिभः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशूद्र + संनिभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः (‘शूद्र-सदृशः’)
Speaker

Unknown (addressed to ‘Varārohe’, likely Devī in context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (addressed) ‘varārohe’—a feminine addressee within the dialogue frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the death-anniversary day, a householder neglects the śrāddha; the pitṛs appear faint and unsatisfied in the background; a compassionate elder admonishes; offerings (piṇḍa, tila, water) remain untouched.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrāddha
P
Pitṛ (father)
M
Mātṛ (mother)

FAQs

Neglecting ancestral duties undermines dharma; reverent śrāddha is central to household righteousness.

The instruction is embedded in Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Māhātmya, where purity of rites supports the merit of sacred travel.

Perform śrāddha with reverence on the death-day observances for father and mother.

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