Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

येऽत्र श्राद्धं करिष्यंति पौर्णमास्यां समाहिताः । संप्राप्ते कार्त्तिके मासि कृत्तिकायोगसंयुते

Transliteration

ye'tra śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti paurṇamāsyāṃ samāhitāḥ | saṃprāpte kārttike māsi kṛttikāyogasaṃyute

Translation

凡在此地于满月之日，心神专注而行施罗陀（śrāddha）者，当迦尔蒂迦月（Kārttika）已至，并与克利蒂迦瑜伽（Kṛttikā-yoga）相应之时——

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite (ancestral offering)
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• kariṣyanti: will perform
• kariṣyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• paurṇamāsyām: on the full-moon day
• paurṇamāsyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• samāhitāḥ: composed, attentive
• samāhitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु) → samāhita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि—‘collected/attentive’

• saṃprāpte: when (it is) arrived/occurred
• saṃprāpte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-prāp (धातु) → saṃprāpta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• kārttike: in (the month of) Kārttika
• kārttike: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārttika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; ‘in Kārttika (month)’—विशेषण

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikaraṇa (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• kṛttikā-yoga-saṃyute: accompanied by the Kṛttikā conjunction (nakṣatra-yoga)
• kṛttikā-yoga-saṃyute: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛttikā (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; समासः—कृत्तिकायोगेन संयुतः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Śiva (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmatīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims perform śrāddha by a sacred pond on Kārttika full moon; offerings of piṇḍa, tila, and water; calm night sky with full moon; priests and family seated in ritual order.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmatīrtha
• Kārttika month
• Paurṇamāsī
• Kṛttikā-yoga
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rituals for ancestors performed with focus at an auspicious time and sacred place are said to yield heightened merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmatīrtha—the “here” (atra) refers to this newly praised sacred water-site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha at the tīrtha on Paurṇamāsī in the month of Kārttika, especially when joined with Kṛttikā-yoga.