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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

श्राद्धभुक्छ्राद्धदाता च यः सेवयति मैथुनम् । तस्य संवत्सरं यावत्पितरः शुक्रभोजिनः । प्रभवंति न संदेह इत्येषा वैदिकी श्रुतिः

Transliteration

śrāddhabhukchrāddhadātā ca yaḥ sevayati maithunam | tasya saṃvatsaraṃ yāvatpitaraḥ śukrabhojinaḥ | prabhavaṃti na saṃdeha ityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ

Translation

ശ്രാദ്ധഭോജനം കഴിച്ചവനോ ശ്രാദ്ധദാതാവോ—ആരെങ്കിലും മൈഥുനത്തിൽ ഏർപ്പെടുകയാണെങ്കിൽ, അവന്റെ പിതൃകൾ ഒരു വർഷം വരെ ശുക്രമാത്രം ആഹാരമാക്കി ജീവിക്കുന്നു; സംശയമില്ല—ഇത് വൈദിക ശ്രുതി പറയുന്നു।

Word by Word
श्राद्ध-भुक्śrāddha-eater
श्राद्ध-भुक्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + भुज् (कृदन्त; √भुज् भक्षणे, क्विप्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)
श्राद्ध-दाताgiver/performer of śrāddha
श्राद्ध-दाता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + दाता (कृदन्त; √दा दाने, तृच्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (श्राद्धस्य दाता)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
सेवयतिpractises/engages in
सेवयति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√सेव् (धातु; सेवने)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
मैथुनम्sexual intercourse
मैथुनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमैथुन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन
संवत्सरम्for a year
संवत्सरम्:
Karma (Extent/अवधि-कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसंवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन
यावत्as long as
यावत्:
Sambandha (Extent marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय/निपात)
Formअव्यय; अवधिपर्यन्तबोधक (till/as long as)
पितरःancestors
पितरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन
शुक्र-भोजिनःeaters of semen
शुक्र-भोजिनः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भोजिन् (कृदन्त; √भुज् भक्षणे, णिनि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास
प्रभवन्तिcome into being/occur
प्रभवन्ति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + √भू (धातु; भवने)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
नno/not
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध
संदेहःdoubt
संदेहः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इत्यर्थक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)
एषाthis
एषा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
वैदिकीVedic
वैदिकी:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवैदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
श्रुतिःscriptural statement (śruti)
श्रुतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

Bhartṛyajña (instructor voice within the Śrāddha-kalpa context; explicit speaker appears at 219.1 and is understood to continue this instruction)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa) in the surrounding discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two focal figures: the śrāddha sponsor offering food and the brāhmaṇa recipient; above them, pitṛs shown waiting for the subtle essence of offerings; a textual banner-like motif ‘vaidikī śruti’ to emphasize scriptural authority.

Characters & Entities
P
Pitṛs

FAQs

Śrāddha demands strict self-restraint; violating purity disciplines harms the intended nourishment of the ancestors.

The teaching occurs within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya (Nāgara Khaṇḍa), framing Śrāddha discipline in that sacred geography.

Avoid sexual intercourse for the Śrāddha donor and the Śrāddha recipient; it is presented as a Vedicly grounded restraint.

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