Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

मधुना सह सम्मिश्रं पिण्डं यस्तु प्रदापयेत् । तस्य पौत्रप्रपौत्रेभ्यो दारिद्र्यं नैव जायते

Transliteration

madhunā saha sammiśraṃ piṇḍaṃ yastu pradāpayet | tasya pautraprapautrebhyo dāridryaṃ naiva jāyate

Translation

Ai dâng piṇḍa (lễ vật śrāddha) hòa với mật ong thì cảnh nghèo khó sẽ không phát sinh nơi con cháu—đến cả cháu và chắt của người ấy.

Word by Word

• madhunā: with honey
• madhunā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular neuter

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahārtha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition) — with; governs तृतीया

• sammiśram: mixed
• sammiśram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sammiśra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular neuter (agreeing with पिण्डम्)

• piṇḍam: a rice-ball offering (piṇḍa)
• piṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular masculine

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun nominative singular masculine

• tu: indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• pradāpayet: should offer (have given)
• pradāpayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dā (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative) — should cause to be given/should offer

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• pautra-prapautrebhyaḥ: from/for (his) grandsons and great-grandsons
• pautra-prapautrebhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/limit—‘from/for’ descendants/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pautra (प्रातिपदिक) + prapautra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), बहुवचन — Ablative plural masculine; द्वन्द्व-समासः (पौत्राश्च प्रपौत्राश्च)

• dāridryam: poverty
• dāridryam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular neuter

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• eva: at all
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• jāyate: arises
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — arises/is born

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continued context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madhuskanda (implied by madhu-context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha setting on a riverbank: darbha spread, three piṇḍas prepared with honey sheen; the performer offers them with folded hands; subtle ancestral silhouettes receive; a prosperous household scene appears faintly as future fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Piṇḍa (ancestral offering)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes responsibility across generations: honoring ancestors through śrāddha-type offerings is said to stabilize prosperity for descendants.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is the Madhuskanda-related rites; the verse describes a honey-mixed piṇḍa offering associated with these tīrtha practices.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer a piṇḍa oblation mixed with honey.