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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

पुष्ट्यर्थमेतद्विज्ञेयं क्षयाहं द्वादशं स्मृतम् । मृतेऽहनि पितुर्यस्तु न कुर्याच्छ्राद्धमादरात्

Transliteration

puṣṭyarthametadvijñeyaṃ kṣayāhaṃ dvādaśaṃ smṛtam | mṛte'hani pituryastu na kuryācchrāddhamādarāt

Translation

हे (तुपाने केलेले) श्राद्ध पुष्ट्यर्थ—कल्याण व पोषणासाठी—समजावे; स्मृतीत यास ‘क्षयाह’ नावाचे बारावे कर्म म्हटले आहे. परंतु जो पित्याच्या मृत्युदिनी आदराने श्राद्ध करीत नाही—

Word by Word
पुष्ट्यर्थम्for nourishment/prosperity
पुष्ट्यर्थम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययभावे प्रयुक्तम्; प्रयोजनार्थे ‘...अर्थम्’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुष्टेः अर्थम्)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; निर्देश (this)
विज्ञेयम्should be understood/known
विज्ञेयम्:
Vidhana (Injunction/विधान)
TypeAdjective
Root√ज्ञा (धातु)
Formकृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (तव्य/यत्-भाव), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘ज्ञातव्यम्’ (to be known)
क्षयाहम्the ‘kṣayāha’ day (day of waning/decay)
क्षयाहम्:
Pratipadyamāna (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + अहन्/अह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्षयस्य अहः)
द्वादशम्the twelfth
द्वादशम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वादशन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (ordinal/number)
स्मृतम्is stated/remembered (in tradition)
स्मृतम्:
Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया-विशेष)
TypeAdjective
Root√स्मृ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said/remembered in tradition’
मृतेwhen (someone) has died
मृते:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Root√मृ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘when (someone) has died’ (locative absolute with अहनि)
अहनिon the day
अहनि:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)
पितुःof the father
पितुः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विशेषार्थ
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)
कुर्यात्should do
कुर्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; निषेधेन सह ‘न कुर्यात्’ (should not do)
श्राद्धम्śrāddha
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म
आदरात्out of respect/with reverence
आदरात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootआदर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे (ablative of cause)
Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-deity figure explains to Devī the ‘kṣayāha’ rite: a calendar/astral motif showing the ‘twelfth’, ghee vessel prominent, and a solemn vignette of a son performing annual śrāddha for his father.

FAQs

Pitṛ-obligations are central to gṛhastha-dharma; neglecting the father’s death-day śrāddha is treated as a serious lapse in reverent duty.

The teaching is situated in the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, where such rites are contextualized within the sanctity and merit-field of Prabhāsa.

Identifies the travel-related, ghee-based śrāddha as puṣṭy-artha and associates it with the ‘twelfth’ rite called kṣayāha; stresses śrāddha on the father’s death-day.

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