Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

रुदित्वाथ चिरं कालं विप्रलप्य मुहुर्मुहुः । अन्त्येष्टिं चक्रिरे तस्य वेदोक्तविधिना ततः

Transliteration

ruditvātha ciraṃ kālaṃ vipralapya muhurmuhuḥ | antyeṣṭiṃ cakrire tasya vedoktavidhinā tataḥ

Translation

ຫຼັງຈາກຮ້ອງໄຫ້ເປັນເວລາດົນນານ ແລະ ຄ້ຳຄວນຊ້ຳແລ້ວຊ້ຳອີກ, ພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າກໍໄດ້ປະກອບພິທີສົບຂອງເພິ່ນ ຕາມຂັ້ນຕອນທີ່ກຳນົດໄວ້ໃນພຣະເວດ.

Word by Word

• रुदित्वा: having wept
• रुदित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having wept)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• चिरम्: for a long time
• चिरम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणवत्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनवत् (adverbially: for long)

• कालम्: time (duration)
• कालम्: Adhikarana (Duration/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालावधि-अर्थे (accusative of duration)

• विप्रलप्य: having lamented
• विप्रलप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + प्र + लप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having lamented/spoken incoherently)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Sambandha (Frequency)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनःपुनरर्थक (again and again)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Sambandha (Frequency)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• अन्त्येष्टिम्: funeral rites
• अन्त्येष्टिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त्य + इष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (antyā iṣṭiḥ = last rite/funeral rite)

• चक्रिरे: they performed
• चक्रिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तस्य: of him/for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/for him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वेदोक्तविधिना: by the Veda-prescribed procedure
• वेदोक्तविधिना: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदोक्त + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (vedena uktaḥ vidhiḥ = procedure prescribed by the Veda)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (thereafter)

Speaker

Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After prolonged lament, the brothers conduct the father’s funeral rites: a prepared pyre, sacred fires, water vessels, darbha grass, and a priest guiding Vedic procedure; the mood shifts from raw grief to solemn order.

Characters & Entities

• antyeṣṭi
• Vedas
• family/sons (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid tragedy, dharma is maintained through proper saṃskāras; Vedic rites uphold cosmic and familial order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes dharma within a tīrtha-mahātmya narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of antyeṣṭi (funeral rites) strictly following vedokta-vidhi (Vedic procedure).