Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

कृताश्रमश्च तत्रैव तर्पयिष्ये निजान्पितॄन् । दर्शेदर्शे यथा चासौ स्तुत्यनामा सुभद्रकः

Transliteration

kṛtāśramaśca tatraiva tarpayiṣye nijānpitṝn | darśedarśe yathā cāsau stutyanāmā subhadrakaḥ

Translation

तेथेच मी विधिपूर्वक आश्रमधर्म स्थापन करून माझ्या पितरांचे तर्पण करीन; प्रत्येक दर्शे (अमावास्येला) जसा ‘सुभद्रक’—स्तुत्यनामा—करतो तसा।

Word by Word

• कृताश्रमः: one who has established/undertaken an āśrama (religious discipline)
• कृताश्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कृतः आश्रमः यस्य/कृत-आश्रमः)

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तर्पयिष्ये: I will satisfy/offer libations to
• तर्पयिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• निजान्: one’s own
• निजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• पितॄन्: ancestors/fathers
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• दर्शे: on the new-moon day
• दर्शे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (अमावास्या/दर्श-तिथि)

• दर्शे: each new-moon day
• दर्शे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्तिः—दर्शे दर्शे = प्रत्येकदर्शे

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as/just as)

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

• असौ: that person/he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्तुत्यनामा: having a praiseworthy name
• स्तुत्यनामा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तुत्य (स्तु-धातु, तव्यत्-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (स्तुत्यं नाम यस्य)

• सुभद्रकः: Subhadraka (proper name)
• सुभद्रकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभद्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

Speaker

Narrator (same episode; speaker not explicitly named in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder-sage establishes a small riverside āśrama with a kuśa-seat and water-vessel, performing pitṛ-tarpaṇa at new moon; the name ‘Subhadraka’ is evoked as an exemplar of praised conduct.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Subhadraka (person)
• Darśa (new-moon rite)
• Āśrama (religious discipline)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestral gratitude is sustained through regular rites; discipline (āśrama) and consistency in offerings uphold family dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context continues the Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama tīrtha, where the speaker plans to perform ancestral rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa to ancestors, to be done repeatedly at the darśa (new-moon) observance.