Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यः पुनस्तु गयां गत्वा युष्मद्वंशसमुद्भवः । करिष्यति तथा श्राद्धं तेन मुक्तिमवाप्स्यथ

Transliteration

yaḥ punastu gayāṃ gatvā yuṣmadvaṃśasamudbhavaḥ | kariṣyati tathā śrāddhaṃ tena muktimavāpsyatha

Translation

ପୁନଶ୍ଚ, ତୁମ ବଂଶରେ ଜନ୍ମିତ ଯେ କେହି ଗୟାକୁ ଯାଇ ସେହି ପ୍ରକାରେ ଶ୍ରାଦ୍ଧ କରିବ, ତାହାଦ୍ୱାରା ତୁମେ ମୋକ୍ଷ ପାଇବ।

Word by Word

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• punas: again, further
• punas: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punas (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति/पुनः-अव्यय (again, moreover)

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (but, indeed)

• gayām: to Gayā
• gayām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular); गमनस्य कर्म

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘गत्वा’ = having gone

• yuṣmad-vaṃśa-samudbhavaḥ: one born of your lineage
• yuṣmad-vaṃśa-samudbhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; yuṣmākaṃ vaṃśāt samudbhavaḥ = born from your lineage

• kariṣyati: will perform
• kariṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus, in that manner)

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

• tena: by that, thereby
• tena: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन

• avāpsyatha: you (pl.) will attain
• avāpsyatha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A descendant journeys to Gayā and performs śrāddha; the departed attain liberation through that act.

Characters & Entities

• Gayā
• Śrāddha
• Indra’s lineage (yuṣmad-vaṃśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage plus rite: performing śrāddha at a supreme tīrtha like Gayā is taught as a direct instrument for the departed’s liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gayā is explicitly identified as the liberation-giving tīrtha for śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A descendant should travel to Gayā and perform śrāddha there according to the prescribed method to secure mokṣa for the departed.