Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

यश्चैतच्कृणुयाद्राजन्सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । विहितस्य भवेत्पुण्यं यच्छ्राद्धस्य तदाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

yaścaitackṛṇuyādrājansamyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | vihitasya bhavetpuṇyaṃ yacchrāddhasya tadāpnuyāt

Translation

ഹേ രാജാവേ! യഥാർത്ഥ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ആരെങ്കിലും ഇതു ആചരിച്ചാൽ, വിധിപ്രകാരം നിർദ്ദേശിച്ച ശ്രാദ്ധത്തിന്റെ പുണ്യം ലഭിക്കും; ആ ശ്രാദ്ധം നൽകേണ്ട പൂർണ്ണഫലവും അവൻ പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; relative pronoun

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; object

• कृणुयात्: should perform
• कृणुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; (Vedic/epic variant) = 'should do/perform'

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम्; vocative

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Avyaya (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; manner adverb = 'properly'

• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; श्रद्धा + समन्वित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थ: 'endowed with faith' qualifying यः

• विहितस्य: of the prescribed (act)
• विहितस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहित (कृदन्त; वि-√धा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम्; 'of the prescribed (rite)'

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; subject complement/subject with bhavet

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; relative pronoun qualifying पुण्यम् = 'which'

• श्राद्धस्य: of the śrāddha
• श्राद्धस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम्; 'of the śrāddha'

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; correlative pronoun object of āpnuyāt

• आप्नुयात्: should obtain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; 'should obtain'

Speaker

Narrator addressing a king (explicit rājan)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic moment: the sage assures the king that faithful, proper performance grants the full śrāddha fruit; ritual implements arranged neatly, symbolizing ‘vihita’ order.

Characters & Entities

• Śraddhā
• Śrāddha
• Puṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith joined with correct practice completes Dharma; śraddhā makes the prescribed rite yield its intended merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śrāddha instruction is taught within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the described Śrāddha procedure with proper śraddhā to obtain the full prescribed puṇya.