Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 158

Devanagari script

श्रीनारद उवाच । ततः स सप्तरात्रांते जहौ बालो निजानसून् । संस्कारितो यथोक्तं च नंदभद्रेण ब्राह्मणैः

Transliteration

śrīnārada uvāca | tataḥ sa saptarātrāṃte jahau bālo nijānasūn | saṃskārito yathoktaṃ ca naṃdabhadreṇa brāhmaṇaiḥ

Translation

ศรีนารทกล่าวว่า: ครั้นครบเจ็ดราตรี เด็กนั้นก็ละลมหายใจของตนไป ต่อจากนั้น นันทภัทรพร้อมด้วยพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย ได้ประกอบพิธีศพตามที่พระศาสตรากำหนดไว้โดยครบถ้วน

Word by Word

• श्री-नारदः: Śrī Nārada
• श्री-नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् नारदः)

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

• ततः: then
• ततः: Desha-Kala (Time adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• सप्तरात्रान्ते: at the end of seven nights
• सप्तरात्रान्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सप्तरात्राणाम् अन्ते)

• जहौ: gave up
• जहौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘he abandoned/gave up’

• बालः: the boy
• बालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• निजान्: his own
• निजान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; ‘own’—असून् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• असून्: breaths, life
• असून्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• संस्कारितः: was duly consecrated/cremated (rites performed)
• संस्कारितः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + कृ (धातु) → संस्कारित (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘was duly performed/rites done’—सः/बालः इत्यस्य विधेयविशेषणम्

• यथोक्तम्: as prescribed
• यथोक्तम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + उक्त (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभावः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (as stated)

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

• नन्दभद्रेण: by Nandabhadra
• नन्दभद्रेण: Karana/Agent (Instrument/Agent/करण/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणैः: by the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Sahakari-kartr (Co-agent/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bahūdaka-kuṇḍa (implied setting)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After seven nights, the boy’s life-breath departs; Nandabhadra and brāhmaṇas conduct the prescribed funerary rites near the sacred waters—solemn fire, offerings, and orderly ritual gestures; the tirtha remains calm, witnessing the transition.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Nandabhadra
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in grief, one should follow śāstric dharma—performing the proper rites with faith and guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative context is moving toward the glorification of Bahūdaka tīrtha in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The performance of prescribed post-death rites (saṃskāra/antyeṣṭi) by Nandabhadra with brāhmaṇas.