Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यः श्राद्धं कुरुते तत्र अघोरेश्वरदक्षिणे । आकल्पं तृप्तिमायांति पितरस्तस्य तर्पिताः

Transliteration

yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute tatra aghoreśvaradakṣiṇe | ākalpaṃ tṛptimāyāṃti pitarastasya tarpitāḥ

Translation

ଯେ ଲୋକ ସେଠାରେ ଅଘୋରେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ଦକ୍ଷିଣେ ଶ୍ରାଦ୍ଧ କରେ, ତାହାର ତର୍ପିତ ପିତୃଗଣ ଏକ କଳ୍ପ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ତୃପ୍ତି ପାଆନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

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

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

• कुरुते: performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• अघोरेश्वरदक्षिणे: to the south of Aghoreśvara
• अघोरेश्वरदक्षिणे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघोरेश्वर + दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (देशवाचक), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आकल्पम्: until (the end of) a kalpa
• आकल्पम्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आकल्प (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb): until the end of a kalpa

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आयान्ति: attain, come to
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• तर्पिताः: satiated, satisfied (by offerings)
• तर्पिताः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aghoreśvara-dakṣiṇa (southern śrāddha-sthāna)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A family performs śrāddha in a marked southern precinct of Aghoreśvara: piṇḍas on darbha, tila-water libations, brāhmaṇas seated, and subtle ancestral forms receiving satisfaction in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Aghoreśvara
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Performing ancestral rites at a specially empowered tīrtha yields extraordinary, long-lasting benefit for one’s lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The southern area of Aghoreśvara within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha (and implied pitṛ-tarpaṇa) is to be performed at the spot south of Aghoreśvara.