Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

गोष्ठ्यां यत्क्रि यते श्राद्धं तद्गोष्ठीश्राद्धमुच्यते । क्रियते पापशुद्ध्यर्थं शुद्धिश्राद्धं तदुच्यते

Transliteration

goṣṭhyāṃ yatkri yate śrāddhaṃ tadgoṣṭhīśrāddhamucyate | kriyate pāpaśuddhyarthaṃ śuddhiśrāddhaṃ taducyate

Translation

ഗോഷ്ഠിയിലോ സഭയിലോ ചെയ്യുന്ന ശ്രാദ്ധം ‘ഗോഷ്ഠീ-ശ്രാദ്ധം’ എന്നു പറയുന്നു. പാപശുദ്ധിക്കായി ചെയ്യുന്ന ശ്രാദ്ധം ‘ശുദ്ധി-ശ്രാദ്ധം’ എന്നറിയപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• गोष्ठ्याम्: in the cow-pen/assembly place (goṣṭhī)
• गोष्ठ्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोṣ्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• क्रियते: is performed
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of passive)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• गोष्ठीश्राद्धम्: the goṣṭhī-śrāddha (śrāddha done in goṣṭhī)
• गोष्ठीश्राद्धम्: Pratipadyamāna (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक) + श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोष्ठ्याः श्राद्धम्)

• उच्यते: is called
• उच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• क्रियते: is performed
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• पापशुद्ध्यर्थम्: for the purpose of purification from sin
• पापशुद्ध्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे प्रयुक्तम्; अर्थे (purpose) — ‘...अर्थम्’ (for the sake of); समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य शुद्धिः) + तत्पुरुष (तस्य अर्थम्)

• शुद्धिश्राद्धम्: purification-śrāddha
• शुद्धिश्राद्धम्: Pratipadyamāna (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शुद्धेः श्राद्धम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• उच्यते: is called
• उच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A public pavilion near the tīrtha hosts goṣṭhī-śrāddha: multiple families, priests, orderly offerings; in a parallel vignette, a penitent sponsor performs śuddhi-śrāddha with subdued demeanor and simple offerings.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha supports both social dharma (performed in a community setting) and inner dharma (performed for purification), integrating society and spirituality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The classifications are taught within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, a glorification of Prabhāsa as a dharmic field for rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Two more śrāddha types are defined: goṣṭhī-śrāddha (in an assembly) and śuddhi-śrāddha (for purification from sin).