Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

जातकर्मादियज्ञेषु विवाहे यज्ञकर्मणि । देवप्रतिष्ठाप्रारंभे वृद्धिश्राद्धं प्रकल्पयेत्

Transliteration

jātakarmādiyajñeṣu vivāhe yajñakarmaṇi | devapratiṣṭhāprāraṃbhe vṛddhiśrāddhaṃ prakalpayet

Translation

ในพิธีสังสการเช่นชาตกรรมเป็นต้น ในพิธีสมรส ในการประกอบยัญกรรม และเมื่อเริ่มพิธีประดิษฐานเทวรูป พึงจัดทำ “วฤทธิศราทธะ” เพื่อความเจริญเป็นมงคล

Word by Word

• जातकर्मादियज्ञेषु: in sacrifices such as the birth-rites
• जातकर्मादियज्ञेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातकर्म-आदि-यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; जातकर्म + आदि + यज्ञ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; अधिकरण; समासः ‘जातकर्मादयः यज्ञाः’ इति (आदि-समुच्चय)

• विवाहे: at a marriage
• विवाहे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• यज्ञकर्मणि: in sacrificial acts
• यज्ञकर्मणि: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + कर्मन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; तत्पुरुष (यज्ञस्य कर्म)

• देवप्रतिष्ठाप्रारंभे: at the commencement of deity-installation
• देवप्रतिष्ठाप्रारंभे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-प्रतिष्ठा-प्रारम्भ (प्रातिपदिक; देव + प्रतिष्ठा + प्रारम्भ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; तत्पुरुष (देवप्रतिष्ठायाः प्रारम्भः)

• वृद्धिश्राद्धम्: the vṛddhi-śrāddha rite
• वृद्धिश्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि-श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; वृद्धि + श्राद्ध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म; तत्पुरुष (वृद्ध्यर्थं श्राद्धम्)

• प्रकल्पयेत्: should arrange/perform
• प्रकल्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कल्प् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household prepares for an auspicious rite: brāhmaṇas seated on kuśa mats, offerings arranged; the yajamāna performs vṛddhi-śrāddha before a wedding/yajña/devapratiṣṭhā, with pitṛ symbols (piṇḍa, tilodaka) and a small altar.

Characters & Entities

• Jātakarma
• Vivāha
• Deva-pratiṣṭhā
• Vṛddhi-śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Major life-rites and sacred commencements are to be supported by honoring ancestors, aligning family dharma with divine worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse gives a general dharma rule within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform vṛddhi-śrāddha at jātakarma-type saṃskāras, weddings, yajñas, and at the start of deva-pratiṣṭhā.