Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

सदारेण हि याः कार्याः श्रौतस्मार्त्तादिकाः क्रियाः । ताः कृताश्च विधानेन कामं समनुरुध्य च

Transliteration

sadāreṇa hi yāḥ kāryāḥ śrautasmārttādikāḥ kriyāḥ | tāḥ kṛtāśca vidhānena kāmaṃ samanurudhya ca

Translation

แท้จริง พิธีกรรมทั้งหลายที่พึงประกอบพร้อมภรรยา—ทั้งศราวตะ สมารตะ และอื่น ๆ—ข้าพเจ้าได้กระทำตามแบบแผนอันถูกต้องครบถ้วน และยังบำเพ็ญเป้าหมายอันชอบธรรมแห่งชีวิตด้วย

Word by Word

• सदारेण: together with (one's) wife
• सदारेण: Karana (Instrument/सहकारक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-दार (प्रातिपदिक; सह + दार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (with wife); समासः—अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः 'दारैः सह'

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle; emphasis)

• याः: which
• याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• कार्याः: to be performed
• कार्याः: Predicate adjective (Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातोः यत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done)

• श्रौतस्मार्त्तादिकाः: Vedic and Smārta etc.
• श्रौतस्मार्त्तादिकाः: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रौत-स्मार्त-आदिक (प्रातिपदिक; श्रौत + स्मार्त + आदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of kriyāḥ)

• क्रियाः: rites/acts
• क्रियाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ताः: those
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (correlative pronoun)

• कृताः: were done
• कृताः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि—'ताः (क्रियाः) कृताः'

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• विधानेन: according to rule/procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कामम्: indeed/fully
• कामम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कामम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात/क्रियाविशेषण (certainly/at will)

• समनुरुध्य: having conformed (to desire)
• समनुरुध्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अनु-रुध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक—'having complied/followed'

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

Speaker

Ṛtavāk

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder couple, seated near a sacred fire and tīrtha setting, performing śrauta–smārta rites with calm discipline; priests, ladles, offerings, and a distant shrine/sea-horizon of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Śrauta rites
• Smārta rites
• Wife (dāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder dharma is sustained by correctly performed rites and balanced pursuit of life’s aims under śāstric guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa); it frames a dharmic life that later seeks tīrtha-based resolution when crisis arises.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of śrauta and smārta rites with one’s wife, carried out vidhānena (according to proper procedure).