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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

एकान्ते तु गृहे गुप्ते पितॄणां श्राद्धमिष्यते । नीचं दृष्ट्वा हतं तत्तु पितॄणां नोपतिष्ठति

Transliteration

ekānte tu gṛhe gupte pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhamiṣyate | nīcaṃ dṛṣṭvā hataṃ tattu pitṝṇāṃ nopatiṣṭhati

Translation

Śrāddha bagi para Pitṛ hendaklah dilakukan di dalam rumah, di tempat yang sunyi, tertutup dan terpelihara. Jika dilihat oleh orang berjiwa hina, śrāddha itu menjadi rosak dan tidak sampai kepada para leluhur.

Word by Word
एकान्तेin solitude
एकान्ते:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootएकान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचनम् = Locative singular
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha-bodhaka
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात)
गृहेin the house
गृहे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचनम् = Locative singular
गुप्तेhidden/secret
गुप्ते:
Adhikaraṇa (Location qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; गुप् धातोः क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचनम् = Locative singular; विशेषणम् (to ‘gṛhe’)
पितॄणाम्of the ancestors
पितॄणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचनम् = Genitive plural
श्राद्धम्śrāddha
श्राद्धम्:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचनम् = Nominative singular
इष्यतेis approved/is prescribed
इष्यते:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (धातु)
Formलट् (present indicative), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् = 3rd person singular; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः ‘is approved/desired’
नीचम्a low person
नीचम्:
Karman (Object of ‘dṛṣṭvā’)
TypeNoun
Rootनीच (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचनम् = Accusative singular
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having seen
हतम्ruined/spoiled
हतम्:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootहत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; हन् धातोः क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचनम् = Nominative singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; (understood: śrāddham)
तत्that (rite)
तत्:
Anuvṛtti/Pratyāhāra (Anaphoric subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचनम् = Nominative singular; (refers to śrāddha)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha-bodhaka
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात)
पितॄणाम्of the ancestors
पितॄणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचनम् = Genitive plural
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निषेध-निपात)
उपतिष्ठतिreaches/serves/benefits (is available to)
उपतिष्ठति:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootउप + स्था (धातु)
Formलट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् = 3rd person singular
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a guarded inner room (gṛha-guhā): a small altar-like setup with kuśa, tila, and water; a curtain or doorway marks privacy; outside, shadowy figures are kept away, emphasizing the protected sanctity of the rite.

Characters & Entities
P
Pitṛs
Ś
Śrāddha

FAQs

Śrāddha should be done with humility and protected sanctity; publicity and disrespect undermine its spiritual efficacy for the Pitṛs.

The teaching occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, tying ritual correctness to the sacred geography of Prabhāsa.

Perform Pitṛ-śrāddha in a secluded, guarded place; avoid exposure to contemptuous or base observers.

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