Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

पितरस्तस्य तुष्यंति गयाश्राद्धशतैर्न तु । कार्तिके मासि संप्राप्ते स्नानादि कुरुते यदि

Transliteration

pitarastasya tuṣyaṃti gayāśrāddhaśatairna tu | kārtike māsi saṃprāpte snānādi kurute yadi

Translation

บรรพชนของเขาย่อมอิ่มเอิบพอใจ—ยิ่งกว่าการทำคยา-ศราทธะนับร้อยครั้ง และเมื่อเดือนการ์ตติกะมาถึง หากเขาประกอบการอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์และวัตรปฏิบัติอื่น ๆ ณ ที่นี้ ผลย่อมไพศาลยิ่ง

Word by Word

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• तुष्यन्ति: are satisfied
• तुष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• गयाश्राद्धशतैः: by hundreds of Gayā-śrāddhas
• गयाश्राद्धशतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गया-श्राद्ध-शत (प्रातिपदिक; गया + श्राद्ध + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (but/indeed)

• कार्तिके: in Kārttika (month)
• कार्तिके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √प्राप्)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी; प्राप्त (क्त) from √प्राप्

• स्नानादि: bathing and the like
• स्नानादि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; स्नान + आदि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समाहारार्थ (etc.)

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक अव्यय (conditional particle)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-part sacred tableau: (1) śrāddha at the water’s edge with pitṛs shown as subtle satisfied presences; (2) Kārttika dawn snāna with rows of lamps along the ghat and pilgrims performing vows.

Characters & Entities

• pitṛ (ancestors)
• Gayā
• Gayā-śrāddha
• Kārttika-māsa
• snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based śrāddha and Kārttika observances bring exceptional pitṛ-tṛpti (ancestral satisfaction) and spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha (context), whose rites are said to surpass even repeated Gayā-śrāddha in effect.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha for ancestors; in Kārttika, undertake snāna and allied religious observances at the tīrtha.