Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

उच्छिष्टभागधेयं स्याद्दर्भेषु विकिरश्च यः । विकिरेण प्रदत्तेन ते तृप्तिं यांति चाखिलाः

Transliteration

ucchiṣṭabhāgadheyaṃ syāddarbheṣu vikiraśca yaḥ | vikireṇa pradattena te tṛptiṃ yāṃti cākhilāḥ

Translation

ଦର୍ଭ ଘାସ ଉପରେ ଯେ ଉଚ୍ଛିଷ୍ଟର ବିକିରଣ କରାଯାଏ, ସେହି ତାଙ୍କର ନିୟତ ଭାଗ; ସେହି ବିକିରଣ-ଅର୍ପଣରେ ସମସ୍ତେ ତୃପ୍ତି ପାଆନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• ucchiṣṭa-bhāgadheyam: a share consisting of leftovers
• ucchiṣṭa-bhāgadheyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ucchiṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāgadheya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्म-तत्पुरुषः (उच्छिष्टस्य भागधेयम्)

• syāt: should be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• darbheṣu: on/among darbha grass
• darbheṣu: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

• vikiraḥ: a scattering (sprinkling)
• vikiraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्ता/विधेय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• yaḥ: which/that
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• vikireṇa: by the scattering
• vikireṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण

• pradattena: given/offered
• pradattena: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√dā (दा धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘प्रदत्त’; विशेषण (vikireṇa)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; निर्देश/अन्वय

• tṛptim: satisfaction
• tṛptim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्म

• yānti: attain
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धाातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• akhilāḥ: all (without exception)
• akhilāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (te)

Speaker

Unspecified (Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha setting: darbha grass laid in neat rows; a householder reverently scattering small portions of remnants onto darbha while invoking pitṛs; seated brāhmaṇas nearby; calm, ritual order.

Characters & Entities

• Darbha (kuśa grass)
• Pitṛs/Preta classes (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual details carry intentional meaning: even the ‘share’ given through scattering on darbha is treated as a valid offering that satisfies the departed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is ritually instructional; it does not name a specific tīrtha though it is embedded in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vikira—scattering remnants/offerings upon darbha grass—is described as the allotted share for certain beneficiaries and as satisfying them.