Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

कृतकृत्यास्तु ते धन्या यैः कृतं पितृतर्पणम् । श्राद्धं च ऋषिशार्दूला गोमत्युदधिसंगमे

Transliteration

kṛtakṛtyāstu te dhanyā yaiḥ kṛtaṃ pitṛtarpaṇam | śrāddhaṃ ca ṛṣiśārdūlā gomatyudadhisaṃgame

Translation

Thật phước thay những ai đã làm trọn điều cần làm: những người đã cử hành pitṛ-tarpaṇa (cúng nước cho tổ tiên) và cả lễ Śrāddha, hỡi các bậc hiền triết dũng mãnh như hổ, tại nơi hợp lưu giữa sông Gomatī và đại dương.

Word by Word

• कृतकृत्याः: having fulfilled duties
• कृतकृत्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (कृतं कृत्यं येषाम्/कृतकृत्य = accomplished)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (indeed/but)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम

• धन्याः: blessed, fortunate
• धन्याः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative)

• कृतम्: performed
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) — ‘done/performed’

• पितृ-तर्पणम्: offering/satiation to the ancestors
• पितृ-तर्पणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + तर्पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितॄणां तर्पणम्)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ऋषिशार्दूलाः: O tigers among sages
• ऋषिशार्दूलाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ऋषीणां शार्दूलाः = ‘tigers among sages’)

• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: at the confluence of the Gomati and the ocean
• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुष (गोमत्याः उदधेः संगमः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–Udadhi-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/brāhmaṇas (addressed as ‘ṛṣīśārdūla’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the meeting of river and ocean, sages (ṛṣis) witness a pilgrim performing tarpaṇa: water poured through cupped hands with kuśa; nearby, śrāddha offerings are arranged; the vast sea symbolizes the ‘enduring’ reach of the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛ-tarpaṇa
• Śrāddha
• Gomatī
• Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fulfilling ancestral obligations at a sacred tīrtha is portrayed as completing one’s dharmic responsibilities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama (Gomatī river meeting the ocean) in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa and Śrāddha to be performed at the saṅgama.