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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

श्राद्धे श्रद्धा यतो मूलं तेन श्राद्धं प्रकीर्तितम् । तत्तस्मिन्क्रियमाणे तु न किंचिद्व्यर्थतां व्रजेत्

Transliteration

śrāddhe śraddhā yato mūlaṃ tena śrāddhaṃ prakīrtitam | tattasminkriyamāṇe tu na kiṃcidvyarthatāṃ vrajet

Translation

ശ്രാദ്ധകർമ്മത്തിൽ ശ്രദ്ധയാണ് മൂലം; അതുകൊണ്ടാണ് അതിനെ ‘ശ്രാദ്ധം’ എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നത്. ആ ഭാവത്തോടെ ചെയ്താൽ അതിലെ ഒന്നും വ്യർത്ഥമാകുകയില്ല।

Word by Word
श्राद्धेin/at the śrāddha (rite)
श्राद्धे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
श्रद्धाfaith
श्रद्धा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
यतःbecause/for which reason
यतः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: 'because/whence')
मूलम्root, basis
मूलम्:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominal/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमूल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन
तेनtherefore/by that
तेन:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
श्राद्धम्the śrāddha (rite)
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन
प्रकीर्तितम्is proclaimed/has been declared
प्रकीर्तितम्:
Kriyā (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Anuvāda (Resumptive/अनुवाद)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
तस्मिन्in that (rite)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
क्रियमाणेwhile being performed
क्रियमाणे:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) → क्रियमाण (कृदन्त, शानच्/मान-प्रत्यय)
Formवर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (locative absolute)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निषेध (negation)
किंचित्anything
किंचित्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितपरिमाण (indefinite)
व्यर्थताम्to futility/in vain
व्यर्थताम्:
Gati (Goal/गति)
TypeNoun
Rootव्यर्थता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
व्रजेत्would go/should go
व्रजेत्:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootव्रज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up devotional moment: a householder offers piṇḍa and water with folded hands, eyes lowered in faith; subtle aura around the offering indicating ‘nothing goes to waste’.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrāddha
Ś
Śraddhā

FAQs

Śrāddha is not merely procedure; its living core is śraddhā—reverent faith—which ensures the rite becomes spiritually fruitful.

The verse is doctrinal; it appears within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya’s śrāddha teachings rather than praising a particular spot.

It emphasizes performing śrāddha with genuine śraddhā so that no part of the rite becomes fruitless.

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