Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यः क्षीरं मधुना युक्तं तस्मिन्नहनि यच्छति । पितॄनुद्दिश्य यो मांसं दद्याद्वाध्रीणसं च यः

Transliteration

yaḥ kṣīraṃ madhunā yuktaṃ tasminnahani yacchati | pitṝnuddiśya yo māṃsaṃ dadyādvādhrīṇasaṃ ca yaḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดในวันนั้นถวาย น้ำนมผสมน้ำผึ้ง และผู้ใดตั้งใจอุทิศแด่ปิตฤทั้งหลายแล้วถวายเนื้อ—แม้เนื้อวาธรีณสะก็ตาม—

Word by Word

• yaḥ: he who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक; यद्-प्रोनाउन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धि-प्रोनाउन

• kṣīram: milk
• kṣīram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• madhunā: with honey
• madhunā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument/with)

• yuktam: mixed; combined
• yuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuj (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘kṣīram’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tasmin: on that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; तद्)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; अधिकरणे

• ahani: day
• ahani: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• yacchati: gives; offers
• yacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yam (धातु; √यम् ‘to give/offer’ in causative sense not used here)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• pitṝn: the ancestors (Pitṛs)
• pitṝn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्म (whom addressed/for)

• uddiśya: intending; addressing (to)
• uddiśya: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: diś (धातु) + ud- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); हेत्वर्थ/पूर्वक्रिया (having intended/aimed at)

• yaḥ: he who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धि-प्रोनाउन (repetition)

• māṃsam: meat
• māṃsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• vādhrīṇasam: vādhrīṇasa (a specific meat/food item)
• vādhrīṇasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vādhrīṇasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म; दुर्लभ-शब्द (a kind of meat/food item, traditionally identified with boar/varāha-related flesh or a specific preparation)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ (conjunction)

• yaḥ: he who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धि-प्रोनाउन (repetition)

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King Ānarta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha setting: performer offers a bowl of milk mixed with honey; nearby are piṇḍas, kuśa, sesame, and a respectful arrangement for pitṛ-uddeśa; the sage’s instruction frames the act.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Kṣīra
• Madhu
• Vādhrīṇasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha is concretely enacted through dedicated offerings; intention toward the Pitṛs is central to the rite’s efficacy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ritual teaching is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative context, though no site-name appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer milk mixed with honey, and make Pitṛ-intended food offerings (including specified meats per the text).