Shloka 100

Śrāddha-vidhi for Pitṛs: Invitations, Purity, Offerings, and Conduct

Devanagari script

अकृत्वा मातृयागं तु यः श्राद्धं परिवेषयेत् / तस्य क्रोधसमाविष्टा हिंसामिच्छन्ति मातरः

Transliteration

akṛtvā mātṛyāgaṃ tu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ pariveṣayet / tasya krodhasamāviṣṭā hiṃsāmicchanti mātaraḥ

Translation

ଯେ ମାତୃଯାଗ ପ୍ରଥମେ ନ କରି ଶ୍ରାଦ୍ଧ ପରିବେଷଣ କରେ, କ୍ରୋଧାବିଷ୍ଟ ମାତୃଗଣ ତାହାର ଅନିଷ୍ଟ ଓ ହିଂସା ଇଚ୍ଛା କରନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• अकृत्वा: without having performed
• अकृत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; नञ्-पूर्वक क्त्वान्त (negative absolutive): ‘not having done’

• मातृ-यागम्: the Mothers’ rite (mātṛ-yāga)
• मातृ-यागम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + याग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (sacrifice/rite for the Mothers)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

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

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

• परिवेषयेत्: should serve/distribute
• परिवेषयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-विश्/विष् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘to serve/distribute’ (परिवेषयति)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• क्रोध-समाविष्टाः: possessed by anger
• क्रोध-समाविष्टाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्-आ-विश् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘समाविष्ट’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—क्रोधेन समाविष्टाः (possessed by anger)

• हिंसाम्: harm/violence
• हिंसाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिंसा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• इच्छन्ति: desire
• इच्छन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मातरः: the Mothers
• मातरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) relaying the Kurma Purana’s Śrāddha injunctions in a dharma-teaching context

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Characters & Entities

• Mātṛs (Mother-goddesses)
• Śrāddha
• Mātṛyāga

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it frames dharma as a purifying discipline that steadies the mind; such ritual order supports inner sattva, which the Kurma Purana elsewhere presents as conducive to Self-knowledge (ātma-jñāna).

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No explicit yoga technique is taught; the verse highlights karma-yoga as disciplined sacred action—performing rites in the proper sequence to cultivate purity, restraint, and reverence, which are prerequisites for deeper sādhana.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Not directly; it reflects the Purana’s broader synthesis by treating dharma (ritual order and divine powers like the Mātṛs) as part of a single sacred cosmos upheld by the Supreme—harm arises from neglect of prescribed sacred duties, not from sectarian difference.