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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ततो मध्यं गते सूर्ये काले कुतपसंज्ञिते । स्नातः शुक्लांबरधरः सन्तर्प्य पितृदेवताः । सन्तुष्टांश्च समाहूतांस्तान्विप्राञ्छ्राद्धमाचरेत्

Transliteration

tato madhyaṃ gate sūrye kāle kutapasaṃjñite | snātaḥ śuklāṃbaradharaḥ santarpya pitṛdevatāḥ | santuṣṭāṃśca samāhūtāṃstānviprāñchrāddhamācaret

Translation

បន្ទាប់មក ពេលព្រះអាទិត្យដល់កណ្ដាលថ្ងៃ—នៅពេលហៅថា កុតប (Kutapa)—ក្រោយងូតទឹក និងស្លៀកពណ៌ស គាត់គួរធ្វើសន្តರ್ಪ្យ បំពេញព្រះបិត្រទេវតា (Pitṛ-deities) ដោយបូជា; ហើយពេលប្រាហ្មណ៍ដែលបានអញ្ជើញ ពេញចិត្ត និងប្រមូលផ្តុំរួច គាត់គួរធ្វើពិធីស្រាទ្ធ (Śrāddha)។

Word by Word
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable), अपादान/क्रमसूचक (sequence marker)
madhyammidday (the middle)
madhyam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
gatehaving gone/reached
gate:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootgam (गम् धातु) + gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘गते (सूर्ये)’ = when (the sun) has gone/reached
sūryein/when the sun
sūrye:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
kāleat the time
kāle:
Adhikarana (Location/Time)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
kutapa-saṃjñitecalled ‘kutapa’
kutapa-saṃjñite:
Adhikarana (Qualifier of time)
TypeAdjective
Rootkutapa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (कुतपस्य संज्ञा यस्मिन्), भूतकृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘काले’ विशेषण
snātaḥhaving bathed
snātaḥ:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsnā (स्ना धातु) + snāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; कर्तृविशेषण
śukla-ambara-dharaḥwearing white garments
śukla-ambara-dharaḥ:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśukla (प्रातिपदिक) + ambara (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (शुक्लम् अम्बरम् धरति), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; कर्तृविशेषण
santarpyahaving satisfied (by offerings)
santarpya:
Kriya (Gerund; prior action)
TypeVerb
Roottṛp (तृप् धातु) + santarpya (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
Formअव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having satisfied/propitiated)
pitṛ-devatāḥthe deities of the ancestors (pitṛs)
pitṛ-devatāḥ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (पितॄणां देवताः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन
santuṣṭānsatisfied
santuṣṭān:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam+tuṣ (तुष् धातु) + santuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘तान्’ विशेषण
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
samāhūtāninvited/called together
samāhūtān:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-ā-hū (हू धातु) + samāhūta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘तान्’ विशेषण
tānthem
tān:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन
viprānbrahmins
viprān:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन
śrāddhamśrāddha rite
śrāddham:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
ācaretshould perform
ācaret:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-car (चर् धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: High noon: the yajamāna freshly bathed, in white garments, performs tarpaṇa with water and sesame; brāhmaṇas sit ready for śrāddha meal; sun overhead marking Kutapa time.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūrya (Sun)
K
Kutapa-kāla
P
Pitṛdevatās
V
Vipras (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

Timing, purity, and reverent hospitality together make ancestral worship effective—outer cleanliness supports inner devotion.

This is a procedural instruction inside a tīrthamāhātmya; the particular tīrtha is not named in this verse.

Perform śrāddha at Kutapa (midday): bathe, wear white, offer satisfaction to Pitṛ-deities, and then complete the rite with pleased invited Brāhmaṇas.

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