Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

एवं क्षेत्रं महाराज प्रसिद्धं भुवनत्रये । यस्तत्र कुरुते श्राद्धं पितॄणां श्रद्धयान्वितः

Transliteration

evaṃ kṣetraṃ mahārāja prasiddhaṃ bhuvanatraye | yastatra kurute śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ

Translation

ഹേ മഹാരാജാ! ഇങ്ങനെ ഈ ക്ഷേത്രം ത്രിലോകങ്ങളിലും പ്രസിദ്ധമാണ്. ആരെങ്കിലും അവിടെ പിതൃകൾക്കായി ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്യുകയാണെങ്കിൽ—

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् राजा)

• प्रसिद्धम्: well-known
• प्रसिद्धम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√सिध् (धातु) → प्रसिद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle used adjectivally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• भुवनत्रये: in the three worlds
• भुवनत्रये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/scope)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठीभाव (त्रयेषु भुवनेषु)

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of यः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; √इ/अनु-√इ → अन्वित as PPP)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP) used adjectivally, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (युक्तः)

Speaker

Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses a king, proclaiming the kṣetra’s fame; in the background, a family performs śrāddha with offerings to pitṛs under sacred trees near water, marked by solemn faith.

Characters & Entities

• Mahārāja (King)
• Pitṛs
• Bhuvanatraya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful ancestral rites performed at a celebrated kṣetra are amplified; place and śraddhā together intensify dharmic results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya kṣetra (sacred region), famed across the three worlds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha for the Pitṛs at this kṣetra with sincere faith.