Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

उपविष्टैः करोम्येव यच्छ्राद्धं श्रद्धयान्वितः । दर्भैस्तिलैः समोपेतं मन्त्रवच्च द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

upaviṣṭaiḥ karomyeva yacchrāddhaṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ | darbhaistilaiḥ samopetaṃ mantravacca dvijottamāḥ

Translation

เมื่อท่านทั้งหลายได้นั่งแล้ว ข้าพเจ้ากระทำศราทธะด้วยศรัทธา—พร้อมหญ้าทรรภะและงา และประกอบด้วยมนตร์ โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ

Word by Word

• उपविष्टैः: with (them) seated
• उपविष्टैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√विश् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; √विश् (to sit) with उपसर्ग उप-; ‘having sat/being seated’ (refers to brāhmaṇas)

• करोमि: I do/perform
• करोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun) qualifying śrāddham

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

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक) / अनु-√इ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त/विशेषण (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘endowed/connected with’ (qualifying implied speaker ‘aham’)

• दर्भैः: with darbha grass
• दर्भैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

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

• समोपेतम्: accompanied by, furnished with
• समोपेतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उप-√इ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘accompanied with’ qualifying śrāddham

• मन्त्रवत्: with mantras, as prescribed with mantras
• मन्त्रवत्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मन्त्रवत् (अव्यय/तद्धितान्त)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: तत्पुरुष; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (vocative sense)

Speaker

An unnamed narrator addressing brāhmaṇas; specific name not given in this excerpt

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas sit on kuśa mats; the performer offers water and sesame with darbha in hand, reciting mantras; the mood is intimate and precise, focused on correct ritual sequence.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijottama (Brāhmaṇas)
• Darbha
• Tila
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha gains strength through śraddhā (faith) and correct mantra-vidhi, not mere formality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site-name appears in this verse; it provides ritual detail within a tīrtha-focused chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha with brāhmaṇas properly seated, using mantras, darbha grass, and sesame.