Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

तेनास्य भविता तृप्तिर्यज्ञांताऽभ्यधिका सदा । अदत्त्वास्य कृतं श्राद्धं यत्किंचित्प्रभविष्यति

Transliteration

tenāsya bhavitā tṛptiryajñāṃtā'bhyadhikā sadā | adattvāsya kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ yatkiṃcitprabhaviṣyati

Translation

ด้วยเหตุนี้ ความพอพระทัยของท่านย่อมยิ่งกว่าความพอใจที่ได้เพียงเมื่อยัญญะสิ้นสุดอยู่เสมอ; แต่ศราทธะใดที่ทำโดยมิได้ถวาย/อัญเชิญสิ่งนี้ ย่อมไร้ผลแท้จริง

Word by Word

• तेन: by that/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• अस्य: of him/its
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भविता: will be
• भविता: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—तृन् (agent noun used futuristically) / भविष्यत्कालिक-कर्तृवाचक; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘will be’ (भविष्यति इत्यर्थे)

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यज्ञान्ता: at the end of the sacrifice
• यज्ञान्ता: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञ + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—यज्ञस्य अन्तः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); विशेषणम् (तृप्तेः)

• अभ्यधिका: even greater
• अभ्यधिका: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि + अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तुलनार्थक-विशेषणम्

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• अदत्त्वा: without giving
• अदत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अ + दा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund) नकार-निषेधपूर्वक; ‘not having given’

• अस्य: of him/its
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृतम्: done/performed
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (श्राद्धम्)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (whatever)

• किंचित्: any (thing)
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रभविष्यति: will result/come to be
• प्रभविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamāḥ / ritual practitioners

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Didactic contrast: a properly concluded śrāddha with feeding yields visible serenity; an omitted offering leads to a dim, unresolved ritual atmosphere—emphasizing niṣphalatā.

Characters & Entities

• Tṛpti
• Śrāddha
• Yajña
• Yajñapuruṣa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Correct completion rites and due giving are not optional; they determine whether śrāddha bears fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse teaches a general dharma of śrāddha within the tīrtha-māhātmya setting; no single site is named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha should include the prescribed giving/invocation (as taught); otherwise the rite is considered ineffective.