Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

एवं ज्ञात्वा करिष्यंति प्रेतपक्षे नरा भुवि । श्राद्धं यूयं न संदेहो भविष्यथ सुतर्पिताः

Transliteration

evaṃ jñātvā kariṣyaṃti pretapakṣe narā bhuvi | śrāddhaṃ yūyaṃ na saṃdeho bhaviṣyatha sutarpitāḥ

Translation

ครั้นรู้ดังนี้ ชนทั้งหลายบนแผ่นดินจักประกอบศราทธะในเปรตปักษะ (ปักษ์แห่งผู้ล่วงลับ). ไม่ต้องสงสัยเลย—แล้วท่านทั้งหลายจักได้รับการบูชาหล่อเลี้ยงอย่างบริบูรณ์

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriyā (Pūrvakāla)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having known)

• करिष्यन्ति: they will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रेतपक्षे: in the fortnight of the departed (pitṛ-pakṣa)
• प्रेतपक्षे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रेतानां पक्षः)

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); बहुवचन

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन

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

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Sambodhyā/Prayojya Karta (Addressed subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); बहुवचन

• न: not / no
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta/Predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन

• भविष्यथ: you will be
• भविष्यथ: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); मध्यमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुतर्पिताः: well-satiated / fully satisfied
• सुतर्पिताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग) + तृप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण (to ‘you’)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pitṛs (beneficiaries) and general human audience (agents)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bustling sacred fortnight: pilgrims at a river ghāṭa performing tarpaṇa; priests guiding multiple families; offerings of sesame and water; an atmosphere of collective remembrance; pitṛs depicted as satisfied, luminous presences.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Pretapakṣa
• Pitṛs
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is taught clearly, society can uphold ancestral obligations collectively during sacred periods like Pretapakṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies the sacred time-window of Pretapakṣa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha during Pretapakṣa; the promised result is complete Pitṛ satisfaction.