Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यः पुनस्तु गयां गत्वा युष्मद्वंशसमुद्भवः । करिष्यति तथा श्राद्धं तेन मुक्तिमवाप्स्यथ

Transliteration

yaḥ punastu gayāṃ gatvā yuṣmadvaṃśasamudbhavaḥ | kariṣyati tathā śrāddhaṃ tena muktimavāpsyatha

Translation

اور پھر اگر تمہاری نسل میں سے کوئی گَیا جا کر اسی طریقے سے وہاں شرادھ کرے، تو اسی کے وسیلے سے تم نجات (مُکتی) پا لو گے۔

Word by Word

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• punas: again, further
• punas: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punas (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति/पुनः-अव्यय (again, moreover)

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (but, indeed)

• gayām: to Gayā
• gayām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular); गमनस्य कर्म

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘गत्वा’ = having gone

• yuṣmad-vaṃśa-samudbhavaḥ: one born of your lineage
• yuṣmad-vaṃśa-samudbhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; yuṣmākaṃ vaṃśāt samudbhavaḥ = born from your lineage

• kariṣyati: will perform
• kariṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus, in that manner)

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन

• tena: by that, thereby
• tena: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन

• avāpsyatha: you (pl.) will attain
• avāpsyatha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A descendant journeys to Gayā and performs śrāddha; the departed attain liberation through that act.

Characters & Entities

• Gayā
• Śrāddha
• Indra’s lineage (yuṣmad-vaṃśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage plus rite: performing śrāddha at a supreme tīrtha like Gayā is taught as a direct instrument for the departed’s liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gayā is explicitly identified as the liberation-giving tīrtha for śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A descendant should travel to Gayā and perform śrāddha there according to the prescribed method to secure mokṣa for the departed.