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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं हित्वा याति शिवालयम् । श्राद्धं कृत्वा विधानेन पित्ःणामनृणी भवेत् । ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेच्छक्त्या तेभ्यो दद्याच्च दक्षिणाम्

Transliteration

saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ hitvā yāti śivālayam | śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena pitḥṇāmanṛṇī bhavet | brāhmaṇān bhojayecchaktyā tebhyo dadyācca dakṣiṇām

Translation

ผู้ใดสลัดบาปที่สั่งสมมาถึงเจ็ดชาติ ย่อมไปสู่พระศิวาลัย เมื่อประกอบศราทธ์ตามพิธี ย่อมพ้นหนี้ต่อบรรพชน; ควรเลี้ยงพราหมณ์ตามกำลัง และถวายทักษิณาแก่ท่าน

Word by Word
सप्तजन्मकृतम्done over seven births
सप्तजन्मकृतम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त-जन्म-कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular (qualifying पापम्); कृदन्त: √कृ (क्त) ‘कृत’; समास: सप्तसु जन्मसु कृतम् (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)
पापम्sin
पापम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular
हित्वाhaving given up
हित्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: हा (जहाति) — having abandoned
यातिgoes
याति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — present indicative, 3rd sg
शिवालयम्Śiva’s abode/temple
शिवालयम्:
Karman (Goal/कर्म-प्राप्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव-आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular; समास: शिवस्य आलयः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular
कृत्वाhaving performed
कृत्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: कृ — having done
विधानेनaccording to the prescribed procedure
विधानेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — neuter instrumental singular
पितॄणाम्of the ancestors
पितॄणाम्:
Sampradana/Adhikarana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — masculine genitive plural
अनृणीfree from debt/obligation
अनृणी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनृणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular (predicate adjective)
भवेत्would become
भवेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — optative, 3rd sg
ब्राह्मणान्Brahmins
ब्राह्मणान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — masculine accusative plural
भोजयेत्should feed
भोजयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — optative, 3rd sg; णिच् (causative) sense: ‘cause to eat/feed’
शक्त्याaccording to one’s ability
शक्त्या:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — feminine instrumental singular
तेभ्यःto them
तेभ्यः:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), बहुवचन — masculine dative plural
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — optative, 3rd sg
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक निपात) — conjunction
दक्षिणाम्a gift/fee (dakṣiṇā)
दक्षिणाम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimaleśvara-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (continued address context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank altar, the performer offers piṇḍa and tila-water with kusa grass; brāhmaṇas are seated for bhojana; in the background a Śiva shrine stands, symbolizing the path to Śiva’s abode after purification.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)
B
Brāhmaṇas
Ś
Śrāddha
D
Dakṣiṇā

FAQs

Pilgrimage must mature into dharma: honoring ancestors and supporting the learned completes purification and leads to Śiva’s grace.

The Revā Khaṇḍa setting around Vimaleśvara, where tīrtha-merit is linked with śrāddha and charity.

Perform śrāddha properly, feed brāhmaṇas as able, and offer dakṣiṇā.

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