Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

अतः शोकं परित्यज्य धृतिं कृत्वा समाहितः । अनयोः प्रेतकार्याणि कुरु त्वं वैदिकानि तु

Transliteration

ataḥ śokaṃ parityajya dhṛtiṃ kṛtvā samāhitaḥ | anayoḥ pretakāryāṇi kuru tvaṃ vaidikāni tu

Translation

ฉะนั้นจงละความโศก ตั้งมั่นด้วยความอดทน และทำจิตให้สงบแน่วแน่ แล้วประกอบพิธีกรรมตามพระเวทอันเป็นเปรตกิจ เพื่อคนทั้งสองนี้เถิด

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Reason-result/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/तस्मात्-अर्थ (therefore)

• शोकम्: grief
• शोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having abandoned)

• धृतिम्: steadfastness
• धृतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made/assumed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having made/assumed)

• समाहितः: composed, collected
• समाहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (to implied 'त्वम्')

• अनयोः: of these two
• अनयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम (of these two)

• प्रेतकार्याणि: funeral rites for the departed
• प्रेतकार्याणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रेतानां कार्याणि)

• कुरु: do, perform
• कुरु: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वैदिकानि: Vedic (prescribed)
• वैदिकानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (to प्रेतकार्याणि)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक/अनुशासन (indeed/but)

Speaker

An instructing sage/teacher figure in the Setukhaṇḍa dialogue (contextual; exact speaker not in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composed performer of rites sits on darbha grass with water-pot and piṇḍa materials, having set aside grief; the atmosphere is disciplined and sacred.

Characters & Entities

• Preta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma after bereavement is steadiness and duty: replace grief with the proper rites that benefit the departed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setukhaṇḍa setting prepares for performing such rites at the sacred Setu region, elaborated in the following verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Vedic preta-kārya—post-death rites for the departed (including śrāddha-related acts).