Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । एवमुक्तः स मुनिभिः शाकल्यस्य सुतो द्विजाः । जांगलाख्यस्तयोः सर्वं पितृमेधं चकार वै

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | evamuktaḥ sa munibhiḥ śākalyasya suto dvijāḥ | jāṃgalākhyastayoḥ sarvaṃ pitṛmedhaṃ cakāra vai

Translation

ศรีสูตกล่าวว่า: เมื่อได้รับคำสั่งสอนดังนั้นจากเหล่ามุนี โอ ทวิชทั้งหลาย ชางคละ บุตรแห่งศากัลยะ ได้ประกอบพิธีปิตฤเมธะทั้งหมดแก่ทั้งสองนั้นโดยแท้

Word by Word

• श्री-सूतः: the venerable Sūta
• श्री-सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• उक्तः: addressed; spoken to
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोग (having been spoken to)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• शाकल्यस्य: of Śākalya
• शाकल्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाकल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (नाम), षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), बहुवचन

• जाङ्गल-आख्यः: named Jāṅgala
• जाङ्गल-आख्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नामविशेषण (named Jāṅgala)

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, द्विवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पितृ-मेधम्: the funeral rite (pitṛmedha)
• पितृ-मेधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + मेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; श्राद्धादि-कर्मविशेषः

• चकार: did; performed
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (assembled twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates to assembled dvijas; in a secondary vignette, Jāṃgala performs pitṛmedha with fire, offerings, and brāhmaṇas seated in ritual order.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Śākalya
• Jāṃgala
• muni
• dvija
• pitṛmedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is fulfilled through obediently following sage-given injunctions, especially in duties to one’s ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukhaṇḍa’s narrative arc points to Rāmeśvara/Setu as the sanctifying theatre for pitṛ-rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of the full pitṛmedha—comprehensive ancestral rites—for the departed parents/elders.