Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

रुदित्वाथ चिरं कालं विप्रलप्य मुहुर्मुहुः । अन्त्येष्टिं चक्रिरे तस्य वेदोक्तविधिना ततः

Transliteration

ruditvātha ciraṃ kālaṃ vipralapya muhurmuhuḥ | antyeṣṭiṃ cakrire tasya vedoktavidhinā tataḥ

Translation

Sau khi khóc lóc thảm thiết và than van hồi lâu, họ đã cử hành tang lễ cho ông theo đúng nghi thức được quy định trong kinh Vệ Đà.

Word by Word

• रुदित्वा: having wept
• रुदित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having wept)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• चिरम्: for a long time
• चिरम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणवत्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनवत् (adverbially: for long)

• कालम्: time (duration)
• कालम्: Adhikarana (Duration/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालावधि-अर्थे (accusative of duration)

• विप्रलप्य: having lamented
• विप्रलप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + प्र + लप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having lamented/spoken incoherently)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Sambandha (Frequency)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनःपुनरर्थक (again and again)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Sambandha (Frequency)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• अन्त्येष्टिम्: funeral rites
• अन्त्येष्टिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त्य + इष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (antyā iṣṭiḥ = last rite/funeral rite)

• चक्रिरे: they performed
• चक्रिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तस्य: of him/for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/for him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वेदोक्तविधिना: by the Veda-prescribed procedure
• वेदोक्तविधिना: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदोक्त + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (vedena uktaḥ vidhiḥ = procedure prescribed by the Veda)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (thereafter)

Speaker

Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After prolonged lament, the brothers conduct the father’s funeral rites: a prepared pyre, sacred fires, water vessels, darbha grass, and a priest guiding Vedic procedure; the mood shifts from raw grief to solemn order.

Characters & Entities

• antyeṣṭi
• Vedas
• family/sons (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid tragedy, dharma is maintained through proper saṃskāras; Vedic rites uphold cosmic and familial order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes dharma within a tīrtha-mahātmya narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of antyeṣṭi (funeral rites) strictly following vedokta-vidhi (Vedic procedure).