Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

तथा ये कीर्तिता दोषाः श्राद्धे द्रव्यसमुद्भवाः । व्रतवैक्लव्यजाश्चापि तथा ब्राह्मणसंभवाः

Transliteration

tathā ye kīrtitā doṣāḥ śrāddhe dravyasamudbhavāḥ | vratavaiklavyajāścāpi tathā brāhmaṇasaṃbhavāḥ

Translation

ฉันนั้นแล โทษที่กล่าวไว้เกี่ยวกับศราทธะ—โทษอันเกิดจากเครื่องสักการะ โทษอันเกิดจากความบกพร่องแห่งวรตะ และโทษอันเกิดจากพราหมณ์ผู้ประกอบพิธี—

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: सम्बन्ध/वाक्यालङ्कार (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘likewise/so’

• ये: which; those who/that
• ये: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक relative pronoun

• कीर्तिताः: mentioned; described
• कीर्तिताः: कर्तृविशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु) → कीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘दोषाः’ इति विशेषण

• दोषाः: faults; defects
• दोषाः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• श्राद्धे: in/at the śrāddha
• श्राद्धे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्रव्यसमुद्भवाः: arising from materials/offerings
• द्रव्यसमुद्भवाः: कर्तृविशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रव्य-समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘दोषाः’ इति विशेषण; ‘द्रव्यात् समुद्भवाः’ इति पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष

• व्रतवैक्लव्यजाः: born of deficiency in vows/observances
• व्रतवैक्लव्यजाः: कर्तृविशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रत-वैक्लव्य-ज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘दोषाः’ इति विशेषण; ‘व्रतस्य वैक्लव्यात् जाताः’ इति (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष + पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: सम्बन्ध/वाक्यालङ्कार (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), ‘also/even’

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: सम्बन्ध/वाक्यालङ्कार (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘likewise’

• ब्राह्मणसंभवाः: arising from (the officiating) brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणसंभवाः: कर्तृविशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्मण-सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘दोषाः’ इति विशेषण; ‘ब्राह्मणात् सम्भवाः’ इति पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Indra (Sahasrākṣa), within Sūta’s narration context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgahrada

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assembly of sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha preparation tableau: offerings laid out (rice, sesame, water, darbha), a vow-keeper with a slightly worried face, and a group of brāhmaṇas—some idealized, some shown as potential sources of error—while a sacred text is held ready for recitation.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even well-intended rites may carry defects; sacred remembrance and correct devotion are presented as a remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage continues the praise of Nāgahrada/Nāga-tīrtha māhātmya as effective during śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse enumerates categories of śrāddha defects (materials, vow-deficiency, priest-related), setting up their removal by the māhātmya.