Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

गुडैश्चैवोदकैर्नाथ तत्र पिंडं करोति यः । उद्धरेत्सप्त गोत्राणि कुलमेकोत्तरं शतम्

Transliteration

guḍaiścaivodakairnātha tatra piṃḍaṃ karoti yaḥ | uddharetsapta gotrāṇi kulamekottaraṃ śatam

Translation

ഹേ നാഥാ! അവിടെ ശർക്കരയും ജലവും ചേർത്ത് പിണ്ഡദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ ഏഴ് ഗോത്രങ്ങളെ ഉദ್ಧരിക്കുകയും കുലത്തിന്റെ നൂറ്റൊന്ന് തലമുറകളെയും ഉയർത്തുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു।

Word by Word

• गुडैः: with jaggery/sweet balls
• गुडैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

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

• उदकैः: with water
• उदकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• नाथ: O lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• पिण्डम्: a piṇḍa (funeral offering ball)
• पिण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• करोति: makes/offers
• करोति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• उद्धरेत्: would uplift/deliver
• उद्धरेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; (अव्ययवत्) गोत्राणि इति विशेषणम्

• गोत्राणि: lineages/clans
• गोत्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• कुलम्: family
• कुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• एकोत्तरम्: one more than (i.e., 101)
• एकोत्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (एकेन उत्तरम् = one more); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; शतम् इति विशेषणम्

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

Speaker

Narrator/teacher voice (contextual speaker not explicit in this verse; within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in a forest tīrtha prepares a piṇḍa with jaggery and water on darbha grass, offering it with folded hands; subtle presence of pitṛs receiving the offering, with a sanctified grove and a small waterbody nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual acts performed in a sanctified place (Dharmāraṇya) gain amplified merit and can benefit one’s ancestors and lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya (the sacred forest/kshetra praised in the Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering a piṇḍa using guḍa (jaggery) and udaka (water) at Dharmāraṇya for pitṛ-related merit.