Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

मुनिप्रोक्तप्रकारेण तस्मिन्रामेश्वरस्थले । निधाय पित्रोरस्थीनि श्राद्धादीन्यकरोत्तथा

Transliteration

muniproktaprakāreṇa tasminrāmeśvarasthale | nidhāya pitrorasthīni śrāddhādīnyakarottathā

Translation

Di tempat suci Rāmeśvara itu, menurut cara yang diajarkan para muni, dia meletakkan tulang-belulang ayah dan ibunya, lalu menunaikan śrāddha serta upacara-upacara lain sebagaimana ditetapkan.

Word by Word

• मुनि-प्रोक्त-प्रकारेण: according to the method taught by sages
• मुनि-प्रोक्त-प्रकारेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रोक्त (वच्-धातु, क्त-कृदन्त) + प्रकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधन/रीतिवाचक (in the manner stated by sages)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• रामेश्वर-स्थले: at the place of Rāmeśvara
• रामेश्वर-स्थले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• निधाय: having placed
• निधाय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + धा (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having deposited/placed)

• पित्रोः: of (his) parents (father and mother)
• पित्रोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, द्विवचन

• अस्थीनि: bones
• अस्थीनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• श्राद्ध-आदीनि: śrāddha and other rites
• श्राद्ध-आदीनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘श्राद्धादि’ = श्राद्ध-प्रभृति कर्माणि

• अकरोत्: did; performed
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तथा: thus; accordingly
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in that manner)

Speaker

Sūta (implied continuation of narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the Rāmeśvara shore/temple precinct, Jāṃgala places a bone-urn into a sanctified pit/spot, then performs śrāddha with piṇḍas, water libations, and offerings, guided by the remembered instruction of sages.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara
• muni
• śrāddha
• pitṛ (parents)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual actions gain full spiritual efficacy when performed with correct vidhi (procedure) at the sanctified tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvara-sthala (Rāmeśvaram) is presented as a potent locus for ancestral rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Depositing the parents’ remains and performing śrāddha and associated ceremonies as taught by sages.