Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

पञ्चस्थानेषु च श्राद्धं हव्यकव्यादिभिः क्रमात् । पिण्डदानं च यः कुर्यात्पायसैर्मधुसर्पिषा

Transliteration

pañcasthāneṣu ca śrāddhaṃ havyakavyādibhiḥ kramāt | piṇḍadānaṃ ca yaḥ kuryātpāyasairmadhusarpiṣā

Translation

และในห้าสถานที่ พึงประกอบศราทธะตามลำดับด้วยเครื่องบูชา หัวยะ–กัวยะ เป็นต้น และผู้ใดถวายปิณฑะที่ทำด้วยข้าวน้ำนม (ปายสะ) น้ำผึ้ง และเนยใส—

Word by Word

• पञ्चस्थानेषु: in five places
• पञ्चस्थानेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च+स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; समासः—पञ्च (संख्या)+स्थान (five places)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• हव्यकव्यादिभिः: with havya and kavya etc. (offerings)
• हव्यकव्यादिभिः: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य+कव्य+आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—हव्यं च कव्यं च (इत्यादि)

• क्रमात्: in due order / successively
• क्रमात्: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (ablative used adverbially: 'in order/successively')

• पिण्डदानम्: offering of rice-balls (piṇḍa)
• पिण्डदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड+दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—पिण्डस्य दानम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

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

• पायसैः: with rice-pudding (payasa)
• पायसैः: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• मधु: with honey
• मधु: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सर्पिषा: with ghee
• सर्पिषा: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्पिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva/Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda (pañca-sthāna within it)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Uttānapāda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverbank tīrtha with five marked altars/vedīs; the performer moves station to station offering havya and kavya; piṇḍas gleam with ghee and honey; brāhmaṇas and ritual fire present.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha at tīrthas is structured worship; ordered offerings and proper substances intensify ancestral satisfaction and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse describes a five-station rite within the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha setting, without naming all five places here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha across five locations in sequence with havya/kavya offerings; offer piṇḍas prepared with pāyasa, honey, and ghee.