Shloka 87 - Adhyaya 7 - Dharmaranya Mahatmya - Brahma Khanda | Marathi | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

तान्सर्वान्धर्मकूपे वै श्राद्धं कुर्याद्यथाविधि । अत्र प्रकिरणं यत्तु मनुष्यैः क्रियते भुवि । तेन ते तृप्तिमायांति ये पिशाचत्वमागताः

Transliteration

tānsarvāndharmakūpe vai śrāddhaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi | atra prakiraṇaṃ yattu manuṣyaiḥ kriyate bhuvi | tena te tṛptimāyāṃti ye piśācatvamāgatāḥ

Translation

त्या सर्वांसाठी धर्मकूप येथे विधिपूर्वक श्राद्ध करावे. येथे पृथ्वीवर मनुष्य जे अन्नादि प्रकिरण (उधळणे/पसरवणे) करतात, त्याने पिशाचत्व प्राप्त झालेले पितर तृप्त होतात.

Word by Word

तान्them

सर्वान्all

धर्मकूपेin the Dharma-well (a sacred pit)

वैindeed

श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite

कुर्यात्should perform

यथा-विधिaccording to rule

अत्रhere

प्रकिरणम्scattering, sprinkling

यत्which

तुbut/indeed

मनुष्यैःby humans

क्रियतेis done

भुविon earth

तेनby that, thereby

तेthey

तृप्तिम्satisfaction

आयान्तिattain, come to

येwho (those who)

पिशाचत्वम्state of being a piśāca (ghoul)

आगताःhaving become/attained

Speaker

Unspecified (tīrtha-māhātmya instruction within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmakūpa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a sacred well, a householder performs śrāddha: piṇḍas arranged, water offered, and a portion scattered on the ground; subtle presence of restless spirits becoming pacified.

Characters & Entities

Dharmakūpa

Piśācas

Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual generosity at a sacred tīrtha can relieve even troubled ancestral states, extending compassion beyond ordinary limits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmakūpa, a sacred well where śrāddha and related offerings are said to be especially effective.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha at Dharmakūpa according to injunction; the local prakiraṇa (scattering offerings) is said to satisfy those in piśāca-state.