Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

गुडैश्चैवोदकैर्नाथ तत्र पिंडं करोति यः । उद्धरेत्सप्त गोत्राणि कुलमेकोत्तरं शतम्

Transliteration

guḍaiścaivodakairnātha tatra piṃḍaṃ karoti yaḥ | uddharetsapta gotrāṇi kulamekottaraṃ śatam

Translation

اے ناتھ! جو کوئی وہاں گُڑ اور پانی سے پِنڈ دان کرتا ہے، وہ سات گوترَوں کا اُدھّار کرتا ہے اور ایک سو ایک نسلوں تک اپنے کُل کو بلند کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• गुडैः: with jaggery/sweet balls
• गुडैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

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

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• उदकैः: with water
• उदकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• नाथ: O lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• पिण्डम्: a piṇḍa (funeral offering ball)
• पिण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• करोति: makes/offers
• करोति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• उद्धरेत्: would uplift/deliver
• उद्धरेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; (अव्ययवत्) गोत्राणि इति विशेषणम्

• गोत्राणि: lineages/clans
• गोत्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• कुलम्: family
• कुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• एकोत्तरम्: one more than (i.e., 101)
• एकोत्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (एकेन उत्तरम् = one more); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; शतम् इति विशेषणम्

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

Speaker

Narrator/teacher voice (contextual speaker not explicit in this verse; within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in a forest tīrtha prepares a piṇḍa with jaggery and water on darbha grass, offering it with folded hands; subtle presence of pitṛs receiving the offering, with a sanctified grove and a small waterbody nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual acts performed in a sanctified place (Dharmāraṇya) gain amplified merit and can benefit one’s ancestors and lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya (the sacred forest/kshetra praised in the Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering a piṇḍa using guḍa (jaggery) and udaka (water) at Dharmāraṇya for pitṛ-related merit.