Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

कृतकृत्यास्तु ते धन्या यैः कृतं पितृतर्पणम् । श्राद्धं च ऋषिशार्दूला गोमत्युदधिसंगमे

Transliteration

kṛtakṛtyāstu te dhanyā yaiḥ kṛtaṃ pitṛtarpaṇam | śrāddhaṃ ca ṛṣiśārdūlā gomatyudadhisaṃgame

Translation

ഹേ ഋഷിശാർദൂലന്മാരേ! ധന്യരാണ് അവർ—കർത്തവ്യം പൂർത്തിയാക്കിയവർ; ഗോമതിയും സമുദ്രവും സംഗമിക്കുന്നിടത്ത് പിതൃതർപ്പണവും ശ്രാദ്ധവും ചെയ്തവർ.

Word by Word

• कृतकृत्याः: having fulfilled duties
• कृतकृत्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (कृतं कृत्यं येषाम्/कृतकृत्य = accomplished)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (indeed/but)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम

• धन्याः: blessed, fortunate
• धन्याः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative)

• कृतम्: performed
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) — ‘done/performed’

• पितृ-तर्पणम्: offering/satiation to the ancestors
• पितृ-तर्पणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + तर्पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितॄणां तर्पणम्)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ऋषिशार्दूलाः: O tigers among sages
• ऋषिशार्दूलाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ऋषीणां शार्दूलाः = ‘tigers among sages’)

• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: at the confluence of the Gomati and the ocean
• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुष (गोमत्याः उदधेः संगमः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–Udadhi-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/brāhmaṇas (addressed as ‘ṛṣīśārdūla’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the meeting of river and ocean, sages (ṛṣis) witness a pilgrim performing tarpaṇa: water poured through cupped hands with kuśa; nearby, śrāddha offerings are arranged; the vast sea symbolizes the ‘enduring’ reach of the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛ-tarpaṇa
• Śrāddha
• Gomatī
• Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fulfilling ancestral obligations at a sacred tīrtha is portrayed as completing one’s dharmic responsibilities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama (Gomatī river meeting the ocean) in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa and Śrāddha to be performed at the saṅgama.