Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

श्राद्धं यः कुरुते तत्र स्नात्वा दानं विशेषतः । पितरस्तस्य तृप्यंति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

Transliteration

śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kurute tatra snātvā dānaṃ viśeṣataḥ | pitarastasya tṛpyaṃti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Translation

Sesiapa yang melakukan śrāddha di sana—setelah mandi suci dan terutama bersedekah—maka para pitṛ, leluhur rohaninya, akan berpuas hati hingga saat pralaya, peleraian alam semesta.

Word by Word

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• कुरुते: does, performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक ‘there’

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक ‘having bathed’

• दानम्: gift, donation
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); प्रकारवाचक ‘especially’

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• तृप्यन्ति: are satisfied
• तृप्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3), बहुवचन

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Avyaya (Limit/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि ‘as long as, until’

• आभूतसंप्लवम्: until the dissolution of beings (cosmic deluge)
• आभूतसंप्लवम्: Kāla-avadhi (Time limit/कालावधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + भूत + संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव: ‘आ-भूत-संप्लव’ = ‘until the cosmic dissolution’; used as temporal limit

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāradīya-saras

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, freshly bathed, performs śrāddha on the lakeshore: offering piṇḍas and water-libations; subtle presence of satisfied pitṛs in the background, receiving offerings through rays of light.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Nāradīya-saras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to ancestors through śrāddha, supported by tīrtha-bathing and charity, is a powerful form of dharma with enduring fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāradīya-saras, where śrāddha with snāna and dāna yields extraordinary results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (bath), then śrāddha, with special emphasis on dāna (charity).