Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तेषां तस्मिन्कृते तृप्तिस्ततस्तत्पक्षजा भवेत्

Transliteration

teṣāṃ tasminkṛte tṛptistatastatpakṣajā bhavet

Translation

Apabila upacara itu dilakukan, timbullah kepuasan (tṛpti) bagi mereka, dan manfaat yang sepadan pun terhasil dalam pakṣa (separuh bulan) itu juga.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• तस्मिन्: in that (act/occasion)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुं/नपुंसक-सम्भव

• कृते: when done / after it is performed
• कृते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः: क्त (past passive participle) ‘कृत’; सप्तमी-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग — लोके ‘कृते’ = ‘when it is done/after doing’ (locative absolute sense)

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• ततः: thereupon/then
• ततः: Hetu/Anantarya (Consequence marker/अनन्तर्य)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-प्रभव (ablatival adverb: ‘thereupon/from that’)

• तत्-पक्ष-जा: arising in that fortnight
• तत्-पक्ष-जा: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (कृदन्त, √जन् (धातु))
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine) — ‘तस्मिन् पक्षे जाता’ इति सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः; कृदन्तः: ‘ज’ (born/arisen)

• भवेत्: would be / should occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; concluding result statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa) addressed in the chapter

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene śrāddha setting: the performer seated on kuśa grass, water-vessel and sesame at hand, offering tarpaṇa; subtle presence of satisfied pitṛs receiving the oblations, with the moon-phase (pakṣa) indicated in the sky.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly performed rites are affirmed to yield tangible spiritual efficacy—pitṛ-tṛpti—without delay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It confirms the efficacy of the previously prescribed rite (notably ekoddiṣṭa on Caturdaśī) by stating that it brings satisfaction and results within the same fortnight.