Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 196

Devanagari script

तारयिष्यति नः सर्वान्स पुत्रो य इहाश्रमे । चंडिकायाः प्रगत्वाऽथ कुर्याच्छ्राद्धं समाहितः

Transliteration

tārayiṣyati naḥ sarvānsa putro ya ihāśrame | caṃḍikāyāḥ pragatvā'tha kuryācchrāddhaṃ samāhitaḥ

Translation

‘اس آشرم میں وہ بیٹا جو چنڈیکا کے پاس جا کر پھر یکسوئی کے ساتھ شرادھ کرے گا، وہ ہم سب کو تار دے گا۔’

Word by Word

• तारयिष्यति: will deliver/save
• तारयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ/तार् (धातु; causative/णिच्: तारयति)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — ‘he will deliver/save’

• नः: us
• नः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/द्वितीया (Gen./Acc.) बहुवचन-रूपम्; अत्र द्वितीया-प्रयोगः (object) — ‘us’

• सर्वान्: all (of us)
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Pronoun ‘he’

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Relative pronoun ‘who’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Locative singular

• चण्डिकायाः: of Caṇḍikā
• चण्डिकायाः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• प्रगत्वा: having gone/approached
• प्रगत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + गम् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having gone forth/approached’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक निपात (then/thereupon)

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — ‘should do’

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• समाहितः: composed/with concentration
• समाहितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् — ‘collected/attentive’

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate continuation in Adhyāya 37)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍikā-kṣetra at Arbuda āśrama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted son, after visiting Caṇḍikā at the hermitage, sits in ritual posture performing śrāddha; subtle ancestral figures appear relieved and uplifted.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍikā
• Śrāddha
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Filial duty (putra-dharma) is perfected when devotion and pilgrimage are joined with ancestral rites performed in a holy place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Caṇḍikā-sthāna associated with Arbuda, within the sanctified āśrama/tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing Śrāddha (ancestral offering rite) after going to Caṇḍikā, with a focused and disciplined mind.