Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्र श्राद्धं तु यः कुर्याच्छयने बोधने हरेः । आकल्पं पितरस्तस्य तृप्तिं यांति नराधिप

Transliteration

tatra śrāddhaṃ tu yaḥ kuryācchayane bodhane hareḥ | ākalpaṃ pitarastasya tṛptiṃ yāṃti narādhipa

Translation

तत्र हरेः शयने बोधने च यः श्राद्धं सम्यक् करोति, तस्य पितरः आकल्पं तृप्तिं यान्ति, नराधिप।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोध/अन्वयार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शयने: at (Hari’s) sleeping (time)
• शयने: Adhikarana (Time/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• बोधने: at (Hari’s) awakening
• बोधने: Adhikarana (Time/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• आकल्पम्: until the end of the kalpa
• आकल्पम्: Kala (Duration/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूप; द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययप्रयोग (up to the end of a kalpa)

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• यान्ति: attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• नराधिप: O king
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् अधिपः)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakra Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa / nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king offers piṇḍa and tilodaka at a sacred water-edge; Viṣṇu’s śayana/bodhana is suggested by a symbolic Śeṣa couch and awakening conch; pitṛs appear as luminous ancestors receiving offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Cakra-tīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timing sacred rites with Viṣṇu’s holy observances and performing them at a tīrtha brings enduring benefit to one’s ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakra-tīrtha, where śrāddha is especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha at Cakra-tīrtha specifically during Hari’s śayana (reclining) and bodhana (awakening) observance times.