Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र कुरुते श्राद्धं सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । पितरस्तस्य तृप्यंते पितृमेधे कृते यथा

Transliteration

yastatra kurute śrāddhaṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | pitarastasya tṛpyaṃte pitṛmedhe kṛte yathā

Translation

ผู้ใดประกอบพิธีศราทธะ ณ ที่นั้นโดยถูกต้อง พร้อมด้วยศรัทธาอันมั่นคง บรรพชน (ปิตฤ) ของผู้นั้นย่อมอิ่มเอิบ—ประหนึ่งได้ประกอบพิธีปิตฤเมธะแล้ว

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धबोधक-सम्बन्धः (relative pronoun)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: 'there')

• kurute: performs
• kurute: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb: 'properly')

• śraddhā-samanvitaḥ: endowed with faith
• śraddhā-samanvitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (सम्+अन्वि/अन्वि धातु से क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (instrumental/association sense: 'with faith'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participial adjective)

• pitaraḥ: the ancestors
• pitaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• tṛpyante: are satisfied
• tṛpyante: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṛp (तृप् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• pitṛ-medhe: in the pitṛ-medha rite
• pitṛ-medhe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + medha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• kṛte: when performed
• kṛte: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) → kṛta (क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (locative absolute sense with 'pitṛ-medhe')

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/तुलनावाचक (comparative particle: 'as')

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a sacred water-edge performs śrāddha: kuśa-grass seat, piṇḍas on leaf-plates, water-libations; subtle ancestral figures receive offerings with serene satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• Pitaraḥ (Ancestors)
• Śrāddha
• Pitṛmedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pitṛ-dharma performed with faith at a sacred site powerfully benefits one’s ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agastya’s hermitage tīrtha (the ‘there’ of Adhyāya 33), praised as especially efficacious for śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha performed properly (samyak) with faith (śraddhā) at the site; it yields Pitṛmedha-like satisfaction to the ancestors.