Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तत्र गत्वा तिलैस्तैस्त्वं तैः शाकैस्तैः कुशैस्तथा । श्राद्धं देहि द्रुतं येन मुक्तिः संजायते मम

Transliteration

tatra gatvā tilaistaistvaṃ taiḥ śākaistaiḥ kuśaistathā | śrāddhaṃ dehi drutaṃ yena muktiḥ saṃjāyate mama

Translation

เมื่อไปถึงที่นั่น จงรีบประกอบพิธีศราทธะด้วยงาเหล่านั้น ด้วยผักเหล่านั้น และด้วยหญ้ากุศะเหล่านั้น เพื่อให้ความหลุดพ้นบังเกิดแก่ข้า

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• तिलैः: with sesame seeds
• तिलैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (तिलैः इत्यस्य)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• शाकैः: with leafy vegetables
• शाकैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• कुशैः: with kuśa grass
• कुशैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/उपपद (adverb: likewise/also)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite (funeral offering)
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• देहि: give / perform
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• मुक्तिः: liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संजायते: arises / comes about
• संजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• मम: for me / of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

A suffering departed spirit (preta) or afflicted being requesting rites (contextual within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Plakṣa-mūla śrāddha-sthāna near Gāyāśiras (Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhūpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Instructional moment: the preta urgently requests śrāddha; the king is shown gathering sesame, greens, and kuśa near the plakṣa tree, preparing offerings for liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Tila (sesame)
• Śāka (greens)
• Kuśa/Darbha grass
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate performance of śrāddha is presented as a direct means to relieve and liberate departed beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha at/under the plakṣa tree (the setting for the later-famous kūpikā/well) where śrāddha is especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha promptly using sesame (tila), greens (śāka), and kuśa/darbha grass gathered at the site.