Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

कुरुते पिंडदानानि सोऽक्षयं फलमश्नुते । शुचौ मासे च संप्राप्ते स्नानं वाप्यां करोति यः

Transliteration

kurute piṃḍadānāni so'kṣayaṃ phalamaśnute | śucau māse ca saṃprāpte snānaṃ vāpyāṃ karoti yaḥ

Translation

പിണ്ഡദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ അക്ഷയഫലം അനുഭവിക്കുന്നു. ശുചി മാസം വന്നപ്പോൾ പുണ്യവാപി (കുളം/കുണ്ടം) യിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ…

Word by Word

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• पिण्ड-दानानि: piṇḍa-offerings
• पिण्ड-दानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पिण्डस्य दानानि)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘imperishable’

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अश्नुते: attains
• अश्नुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘attains/enjoys’

• शुचौ: in the pure (month)
• शुचौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मास-विशेषणम् ‘in the pure (month)’

• मासे: in the month
• मासे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सम्प्राप्ते: when arrived
• सम्प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) → सम्प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘when (it) has arrived’

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वाप्याम्: in a pond/tank
• वाप्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वापी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• करोति: does
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim performs piṇḍa-dāna on darbha near a sacred tank; small rice-balls placed with mantra; later, bathing steps descend into a calm vāpī under monsoon-cleared skies.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Piṇḍadāna
• Śuci (month-name)
• Vāpī (sacred tank)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rites for ancestors, performed with faith, yield enduring (akṣaya) spiritual merit and uphold family-line dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A vāpī (sacred tank/step-well) used for ritual bathing is indicated; the broader context remains the tīrtha-discourse around Gaṅgā/Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Piṇḍadāna (funerary offerings) and bathing (snāna), specifically referencing the month Śuci and a vāpī.