Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

यस्तस्यां कुरुते श्राद्धं सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः

Transliteration

yastasyāṃ kurute śrāddhaṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

ଯେ ସେଠାରେ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାସହିତ ବିଧିପୂର୍ବକ ଶ୍ରାଦ୍ଧ କରେ,

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• तस्याम्: in that (place)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुरुते: performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; अन्वि-धातु with सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष: श्रद्धया समन्वितः

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kūpikā (Gayā-sānnidhya)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder-pilgrim prepares śrāddha offerings with focused devotion—kuśa grass, tila, water vessel—near the sacred well; the sage’s words hover as a didactic presence.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Śraddhā
• Tīrtha (holy well, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith (śraddhā) is taught as the inner qualification that makes śrāddha spiritually effective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha identified as the holy well where Gayā’s power is said to abide.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha should be performed ‘samyak’ (correctly) and with śraddhā (faith).