Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

अनुग्रहात्पितॄणां च संततिश्चास्य वर्द्धते । तृतीयायां नरो भक्त्या कुर्याच्छ्राद्धं महालयम्

Transliteration

anugrahātpitṝṇāṃ ca saṃtatiścāsya varddhate | tṛtīyāyāṃ naro bhaktyā kuryācchrāddhaṃ mahālayam

Translation

പിതൃകളുടെ അനുഗ്രഹത്താൽ അവന്റെ സന്തതിയും വർദ്ധിച്ചു പുഷ്ടിയാകും. അതിനാൽ തൃതീയാ തിഥിയിൽ ഭക്തിയോടെ മഹാലയ ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്യണം.

Word by Word

• अनुग्रहात्: from/through the favor
• अनुग्रहात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन (abl. sg.)

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (gen. pl.)

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

• संततिः: progeny, lineage
• संततिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)

• च: also
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (gen. sg.)

• वर्द्धते: increases
• वर्द्धते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. loc. sg.)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

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

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

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

• महालयम्: Mahālaya (rite)
• महालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महा + आलय; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ancestors bestow grace; a family’s lineage symbolically blossoms as the householder performs Mahālaya śrāddha on Tṛtīyā with devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (Ancestors)
• Tṛtīyā-tithi
• Mahālaya
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respecting ancestors sustains family continuity; pitṛ-anugraha is presented as a real spiritual force supporting prosperity and progeny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra is the contextual sacred geography in which these Mahālaya śrāddha fruits are proclaimed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Mahālaya śrāddha with devotion on Tṛtīyā-tithi.