Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

एकोद्दिष्टं ततो मार्गे विश्रामो यत्र कारितः । ततः संचयनस्थाने तृतीयं श्राद्धमिष्यते

Transliteration

ekoddiṣṭaṃ tato mārge viśrāmo yatra kāritaḥ | tataḥ saṃcayanasthāne tṛtīyaṃ śrāddhamiṣyate

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം യാത്രാമാർഗത്തിൽ വിശ്രമം ചെയ്ത സ്ഥലത്ത് ഏകോദ്ദിഷ്ടം ചെയ്യണം; പിന്നെ സഞ്ചയനസ്ഥാനത്ത് മൂന്നാമത്തെ ശ്രാദ്ധം നിർദ്ദേശിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• एकोद्दिष्टम्: ekoddiṣṭa (śrāddha)
• एकोद्दिष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकोद्दिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्रयोग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; श्राद्ध-विशेष-नाम

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (then/from there)

• मार्गे: on the way
• मार्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• विश्रामः: rest/pause
• विश्रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where')

• कारितः: is performed/has been done
• कारितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) (णिच् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; णिच्-प्रयोगे कर्मणि (causative PPP: 'having been caused/done')

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter)

• संचयनस्थाने: at the saṃcayana place
• संचयनस्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संचयन + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (संचयनस्य स्थानम्)

• तृतीयम्: third
• तृतीयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• इष्यते: is prescribed/is considered proper
• इष्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'is considered/desired')

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśrāma-sthāna (ritual halt) / Saṃcayana-sthāna

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ānarta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A funeral party pauses on a route; a small altar is set with kuśa and water; later, at a saṃcayana spot, remains are gathered and a śrāddha offering is made.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma sanctifies the transitional journey of the departed through ordered rites performed at meaningful points of the funeral process.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is singled out in this verse; it lays down generally applicable ritual stations within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Ekoddiṣṭa Śrāddha at the route’s resting place; perform another (third) Śrāddha at the saṃcayana location.