Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

प्रतिपुत्रं तु तस्याग्रे कुर्यान्नान्यत्र कुत्रचित् । श्रीमाताबकुलस्वामिभागधेयं तु पूर्वतः

Transliteration

pratiputraṃ tu tasyāgre kuryānnānyatra kutracit | śrīmātābakulasvāmibhāgadheyaṃ tu pūrvataḥ

Translation

สำหรับบุตรแต่ละคน พึงกระทำพิธีนั้นต่อหน้าเขาเท่านั้น มิใช่ที่อื่นใด และก่อนอื่นพึงกันส่วนอันควรแก่ศรีมาตาบกุลสวามีไว้แต่เดิม

Word by Word

• प्रति-पुत्रम्: each son / per son
• प्रति-पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्थे—प्रत्येकं पुत्रं प्रति (distributive)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/अन्वय (but/and then)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अग्रे: in front/before
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग (locative sense), अर्थे—पुरतः/समक्षम्

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

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-अव्यय (elsewhere)

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere (at all)
• कुत्रचित्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनिश्चित-देशवाचक (anywhere)

• श्री-माता-बकुल-स्वामि-भागधेयम्: the allotted share/portion of Śrī-Mātā-Bakula-Svāmin (proper name)
• श्री-माता-बकुल-स्वामि-भागधेयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + माता (प्रातिपदिक) + बकुल (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + भागधेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-प्रधान)

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्त-सम्बन्ध (emphatic connector)

• पूर्वतः: first/beforehand
• पूर्वतः: Adverbial (Kriya-visheshana/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/क्रमवाचक (first/previously)

Speaker

Deductive: Sūta (procedural instruction) continuing the rule of doing acts before Hanumān and allocating shares

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī Mātā Bakula Svāmī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A family rite: a father/guardian performs an offering while each son stands present; a separate portion is respectfully placed first before the shrine of Śrī Mātā Bakula Svāmī.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Śrī Mātā Bakula Svāmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Family duties and distributions should be carried out transparently and reverently, with priority given to rightful sacred dues.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named in the verse; it reflects an institutional/temple-linked custom of allocating a first share.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the prescribed act only in the sanctioned presence (contextually before Hanumān) and set aside the first due share for Śrī Mātā Bakula Svāmī.