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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । इहागत्य नरो यस्तु त्रिरात्रोपोषितः शुचिः । कृत्वा स्नानं पितॄंस्तर्प्य श्राद्धं कुर्यात्समाहितः

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | ihāgatya naro yastu trirātropoṣitaḥ śuciḥ | kṛtvā snānaṃ pitṝṃstarpya śrāddhaṃ kuryātsamāhitaḥ

Translation

Các bậc hiền triết nói: “Người nào đến đây, giữ thân tâm thanh tịnh và trai giới ba đêm; rồi tắm gội, dâng nước cúng (tarpya) cho tổ tiên, và nhất tâm cử hành lễ śrāddha.”

Word by Word
ऋषयःthe sages
ऋषयः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; Perfect 3rd pl, परस्मैपद
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
आगत्यhaving come
आगत्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + गम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), Absolutive/gerund
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject; of कुर्यात्)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Relative subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Relative pronoun
तुindeed/but
तु:
Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (contrast/emphasis)
त्रिरात्रोपोषितःhaving fasted for three nights
त्रिरात्रोपोषितः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या) + रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + उपोषित (उप + वस्/उपवस् धातु, क्त कृदन्त)
Formतत्पुरुष (त्रिरात्रे उपोषितः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular qualifying नरः
शुचिःpure
शुचिः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular qualifying नरः
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), Absolutive/gerund
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object; of कृत्वा)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular
पितॄन्the ancestors
पितॄन्:
Karma (Object; of तर्प्य)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; Accusative plural
तर्प्यhaving satisfied (with offerings)
तर्प्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootतृप्/तर्प् (धातु)
Formल्यप्/य-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having satisfied’
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object; of कुर्यात्)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular
कुर्यात्should perform
कुर्यात्:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (संभावना/विधान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Optative 3rd sg, परस्मैपद
समाहितःcomposed/attentive
समाहितः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + आ + धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular qualifying नरः
Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purandara/Indra (and by extension future pilgrims)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, clean and restrained after a three-night fast, bathes at a sacred water spot in Prabhāsa, then offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands and performs śrāddha with a priest and offerings arranged on darbha, facing the proper direction.

Characters & Entities
Ṛ
Ṛṣayaḥ
P
Pitṛs
Ś
Śrāddha
S
Snāna
T
Tarpana

FAQs

Pilgrimage becomes complete when joined with purity, restraint (fasting), and grateful duty to ancestors through śrāddha.

The verse refers to “here” within the Ṛṣitīrtha context of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

A three-night fast, holy bath, Pitṛ-tarpaṇa, and śrāddha performed with mental concentration.

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