Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

श्राद्धं तत्रैव यो भक्त्या कुर्वीत नृपनन्दन । पितरस्तस्य तृप्यन्ति यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम्

Transliteration

śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yo bhaktyā kurvīta nṛpanandana | pitarastasya tṛpyanti yāvadābhūtasamplavam

Translation

ໂອ ລູກພະຣາຊາ ຜູ້ໃດເຮັດພິທີ ສຣາດທະ (śrāddha) ຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນດ້ວຍພັກຕິ ບັນພະບຸລຸດຂອງຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະອິ່ມໃຈຈົນຮອດວາລະສິ້ນສຸດແຫ່ງປຣະລະຍະ

Word by Word

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-बोधक अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-बोधक अव्यय (emphatic: indeed/only)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुर्वीत: should perform
• कुर्वीत: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपदी, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नृपनन्दन: O king’s son
• नृपनन्दन: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपनन्दन (प्रातिपदिक; नृप + नन्दन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नृपस्य नन्दनः)

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तृप्यन्ति: are satisfied
• तृप्यन्ति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तृप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपदी, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Sambandha (Limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• आभूतसम्प्लवम्: until the cosmic dissolution
• आभूतसम्प्लवम्: Karma (Extent/कर्म-प्रवृत्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आभूतसम्प्लव (प्रातिपदिक; आ + भूत + सम्प्लव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: "up to the dissolution of beings" (आभूत = up to beings; सम्प्लव = deluge)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piṇḍikā (Revā-tīrtha)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpanandana (prince)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A family priest and householder at the riverbank performing śrāddha: piṇḍa offerings, darbha grass, water libations; ancestors depicted subtly in the sky receiving satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Śrāddha
• Ābhūta-samplava (cosmic dissolution)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes care for one’s lineage; performed at a powerful tīrtha, śrāddha yields enduring benefit to the Pitṛs.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The same Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha being described; it is praised as exceptionally effective for śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha at the tīrtha with bhakti (devotion).