Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

श्राद्धं चात्र करिष्यंति पंचम्यां ये समाहिताः । मासे नभसि तीर्थस्य फलं तेषां भविष्यति

Transliteration

śrāddhaṃ cātra kariṣyaṃti paṃcamyāṃ ye samāhitāḥ | māse nabhasi tīrthasya phalaṃ teṣāṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

และผู้ใดตั้งจิตแน่วแน่ประกอบศราทธะ (śrāddha) ณ ที่นี้ ในวันปัญจมีแห่งเดือนนภัส ผู้นั้นจักได้รับผลบุญครบถ้วนของตีรถะนี้

Word by Word

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

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• करिष्यन्ति: will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पंचम्याम्: on the fifth (tithi)
• पंचम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• समाहिताः: composed/attentive
• समाहिताः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु) → समाहित (कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, विशेषण (collected/attentive)

• मासे: in the month
• मासे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• नभसि: of Nabhas (month)
• नभसि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet pañcamī morning: a householder sits near the water’s edge on darbha grass, performing tarpaṇa with cupped hands, with piṇḍa offerings arranged; priests recite mantras; the scene is solemn and focused.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes both place and time: śrāddha done with concentration at the right tithi and month yields heightened tīrtha merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Arbuda-region tīrtha being described in Adhyāya 3; it is praised as especially fruitful for śrāddha observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha at this tīrtha on pañcamī during the month called Nabhas, with a composed mind (samāhita).