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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि पितृभिः परिकीर्तितम् । अपि स्यात्स कुलेऽस्माकं गोमत्यां श्रद्धया नरः । स्नात्वा संपूज्य कृष्णं च श्राद्धं कुर्यात्सपिण्डकम्

Transliteration

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi pitṛbhiḥ parikīrtitam | api syātsa kule'smākaṃ gomatyāṃ śraddhayā naraḥ | snātvā saṃpūjya kṛṣṇaṃ ca śrāddhaṃ kuryātsapiṇḍakam

Translation

บัดนี้เราจักกล่าวสิ่งที่เหล่าปิตฤได้ประกาศไว้ ขอให้ในสกุลของเรามีบุรุษผู้มีศรัทธา อาบน้ำในแม่น้ำโคมตี บูชาพระกฤษณะโดยถูกต้องตามพิธี แล้วประกอบศราทธะพร้อมเครื่องบูชาสำหรับญาติสปิณฑะ

Word by Word
अतःtherefore
अतः:
Sambandha (Cause/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः (अव्यय)
Formहेतुवाचक-अव्यय (therefore; causal adverb)
परम्further, next
परम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावे द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: 'further/next')
प्रवक्ष्यामिI shall declare
प्रवक्ष्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र-
पितृभिःby the ancestors
पितृभिः:
Kartr-karana (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता-करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)
परिकीर्तितम्proclaimed, extolled
परिकीर्तितम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरि + कीर्तित (कृदन्त; √कीर्त्/कीर्)
Formभूतकर्मणि-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Singular)
अपिeven, also
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसम्भावनार्थक/अपि-निपात (also; even; possibly)
स्यात्may be, might be
स्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
कुलेin the family
कुले:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
अस्माकम्of us, our
अस्माकम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
गोमत्याम्at/in the Gomati (river)
गोमत्याम्:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगोमती (प्रातिपदिक; नदी-नाम)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
श्रद्धयाwith faith
श्रद्धया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)
संपूज्यhaving duly worshipped
संपूज्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + पूज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)
कृष्णम्Krishna
कृष्णम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
कुर्यात्should perform
कुर्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
सपिण्डकम्with piṇḍa-offerings (sapiṇḍa)
सपिण्डकम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस + पिण्डक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); श्राद्धस्य विशेषणम्
Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestors), as quoted within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-tīrtha (Dvārakā)

Type: river/ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/recipients of Dvārakā-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the banks of the Gomati, a devotee completes a river bath, offers worship to Kṛṣṇa, and then performs śrāddha with piṇḍa offerings for sapinḍa relatives, while unseen Pitṛs receive the rite.

Characters & Entities
P
Pitṛs
G
Gomatī
K
Kṛṣṇa
Ś
Śrāddha
S
Sapinda

FAQs

Faithful tīrtha-bathing, Kṛṣṇa-worship, and śrāddha together become a complete act of dharma that supports both devotion and ancestral uplift.

The river Gomatī at Dvārakā (especially its sacred bathing context connected to Kṛṣṇa).

Snāna in the Gomatī, worship of Kṛṣṇa, and performance of sapiṇḍa-śrāddha (ancestral rite with sapinda offerings).

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