Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

चतुर्दशीदिने प्राप्ते सोमवारे च संस्थिते । द्वाभ्यां यः कुरुते श्राद्धं श्रद्धया परया युतः । गयाश्राद्धेन किं तस्य मनुः स्वायंभुवोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

caturdaśīdine prāpte somavāre ca saṃsthite | dvābhyāṃ yaḥ kurute śrāddhaṃ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ | gayāśrāddhena kiṃ tasya manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo'bravīt

Translation

เมื่อถึงวันจตุรทศี และบังเอิญตรงกับวันจันทร์ ผู้ใดประกอบศราทธะ ณ ที่นั้นด้วยมือทั้งสอง (ด้วยดินศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น) พร้อมศรัทธาอันยิ่ง—ผู้นั้นจะต้องการศราทธะแห่งคยาไปเพื่อสิ่งใดเล่า? ดังที่สวายัมภูวะมนูได้ประกาศไว้

Word by Word

• चतुर्दशीदिने: on the fourteenth day
• चतुर्दशीदिने: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (चतुर्दश्यां दिनम्)

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Temporal condition/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सति-सप्तमी’ (when it has arrived)

• सोमवारे: on Monday
• सोमवारे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य वारः)

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

• संस्थिते: when (it) is fixed/occurring
• संस्थिते: Adhikarana (Temporal condition/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सति-सप्तमी’ (when it is set/established)

• द्वाभ्याम्: with two (hands/means)
• द्वाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), द्विवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• परया: supreme, great
• परया: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (श्रद्धया इति)

• युतः: endowed (with)
• युतः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यः)

• गयाश्राद्धेन: with the Gayā-śrāddha
• गयाश्राद्धेन: Karana (Instrument/standard of comparison/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक) + श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गयायाः श्राद्धम्)

• किम्: what (use)
• किम्: Karma (Interrogative object/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक-सर्वनाम

• तस्य: for him/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वायंभुवः: Svāyambhuva
• स्वायंभुवः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वायंभुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मनुः)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (citing Svāyambhuva Manu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūdrā/Brāhmaṇī tīrtha (śrāddha efficacy locus; implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas/sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a Monday Caturdaśī, a devotee performs śrāddha at the tīrtha-bank, offering piṇḍas and water, with sacred earth held in both hands; pitṛs are envisioned receiving offerings in subtle form.

Characters & Entities

• Svāyambhuva Manu
• Gayā
• Śrāddha
• Caturdaśī
• Somavāra (Monday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha, when approached with timing and deep faith, can confer extraordinary ancestral merit—so great it is likened to (or surpassing) famed rites at Gayā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha of Adhyāya 198 (connected with sacred earth and a liṅga), presented as exceptionally potent for śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha when Caturdaśī coincides with Monday, doing it with supreme faith (and contextually, using the tīrtha’s sacred earth taken with both hands).