Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

एते पूर्वं मया शक्र श्राद्धार्थं विनिमंत्रिताः । पश्चात्त्वया न दोषोऽस्ति तस्माच्चैषां महात्मनाम्

Transliteration

ete pūrvaṃ mayā śakra śrāddhārthaṃ vinimaṃtritāḥ | paścāttvayā na doṣo'sti tasmāccaiṣāṃ mahātmanām

Translation

اے شکر! میں نے انہیں پہلے ہی شرادھ کے لیے دعوت دی تھی۔ اس کے بعد تم پر کوئی عیب نہیں؛ لہٰذا ان عظیم النفس ہستیوں کے بارے میں…

Word by Word

• ete: these (persons)
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• pūrvam: previously
• pūrvam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvam (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: earlier/before)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• śakra: O Śakra (Indra)
• śakra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• śrāddha-artham: for the purpose of śrāddha
• śrāddha-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चतुर्थी/प्रयोजन: श्राद्धस्य अर्थः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनवाचक

• vinimantritāḥ: were invited
• vinimantritāḥ: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ni-√mantr (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृवाच्य-सम्बन्ध

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: afterwards/later)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध अव्यय (negation particle)

• doṣaḥ: fault, blame
• doṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• asti: is, exists
• asti: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Reason/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति अव्ययीभूत/निपातवत् (ablatival adverb: therefore/from that)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय अव्यय (and)

• eṣām: of these
• eṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• mahātmanām: of the great-souled ones
• mahātmanām: Sambandha (Genitive apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् आत्मा), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śakra (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn assembly where a senior figure addresses Śakra (Indra), indicating that certain great-souled beings were first invited for śrāddha; gestures of reassurance and juridical clarity about fault.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Śakra (Indra)
• Viśvedevas (implied)
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma considers sequence and intent; responsibility is assigned fairly, and correction follows proper ritual order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but it addresses Śrāddha protocol rather than a named site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Proper invitation (vinimantraṇa) of the required deities for Śrāddha, and attention to the correct order of rites.