Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र कुरुते श्राद्धं पितॄनुद्दिश्य भावितः । तदक्षयं भवेच्छ्राद्धं पितॄणां तृप्तिकारकम्

Transliteration

yastatra kurute śrāddhaṃ pitṝnuddiśya bhāvitaḥ | tadakṣayaṃ bhavecchrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptikārakam

Translation

ผู้ใด ณ ที่นั้น กระทำศราทธะด้วยใจศรัทธา อุทิศแด่บรรพชน พิธีศราทธะนั้นย่อมเป็นอักษยะ ไม่เสื่อมสูญ และยังความอิ่มเอมแก่ปิตฤทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• कुरुते: performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• पितॄन्: the ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• उद्दिश्य: having dedicated/with reference to
• उद्दिश्य: Kriya-visheshana (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् + दिश् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘उद्दिश्य’ = उद्देशं कृत्वा

• भावितः: devout/with proper intention (lit. made/imbued)
• भावितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘यः’ इति कर्तुः विशेषणम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘श्राद्धम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य निर्देशक-विशेषणम्

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘श्राद्धम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भवेत्: would become/is said to be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• श्राद्धम्: the śrāddha
• श्राद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• तृप्तिकारकम्: causing satisfaction
• तृप्तिकारकम्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप्ति + कारक (प्रातिपदिक; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘श्राद्धम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Riverbank śrāddha: a devotee seated on kuśa grass, offering piṇḍa and tila-water with añjali; pitṛs depicted subtly as satisfied luminous ancestors receiving offerings; brāhmaṇas present.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes gratitude to forebears; tīrthas magnify such rites, making offerings spiritually enduring.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha where Gaṅgā abides and where the Viśvāmitra-linked waters are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha performed there with intention toward the Pitṛs yields akṣaya (imperishable) merit and Pitṛ-satisfaction.