Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा च परया भक्त्या पितॄन्संतर्पयेत्ततः । विश्वेदेवादि संपूज्य पितॄणां श्राद्धमाचरेत्

Transliteration

snātvā ca parayā bhaktyā pitṝnsaṃtarpayettataḥ | viśvedevādi saṃpūjya pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhamācaret

Translation

沐浴之后，以至上虔敬行供养，使祖灵得以满足；如法礼敬毗湿维天众等诸神之后，应为先祖举行施罗达（śrāddha）仪式。

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having bathed’

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• परया: with supreme
• परया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; भक्त्या इत्यस्य विशेषण; करण

• भक्त्या: devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण

• पितॄन्: the ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; संतर्पयेत् इत्यस्य कर्म

• संतर्पयेत्: should satisfy (offer oblations to)
• संतर्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग सम्; causative sense ‘to satisfy/offer’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• विश्वेदेव-आदि: the Viśvedevas and others
• विश्वेदेव-आदि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वेदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (समूहवाचक-प्रयोगः); ‘आदि’ सहितः तत्पुरुष/समाहारः; संपूज्य इत्यस्य कर्म (पूज्य-वर्गः)

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) with उपसर्ग सम्; अव्ययभाव; ‘having duly worshipped’

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; आचरेत् इत्यस्य कर्म

• आचरेत्: should perform
• आचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग आ; ‘should perform’

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–Udadhisaṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at the Gomatī’s edge after bathing, offering water with kuśa to ancestors; nearby a small altar for Viśvedevas with lamps and flowers; brāhmaṇas seated for śrāddha rites; Dvārakā’s sea-horizon in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Viśvedevas
• Śrāddha
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice includes gratitude to lineage—honoring the Pitṛs is integral to dharma and spiritual prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s tīrtha regimen at the Gomatī–ocean sacred zone where snāna and śrāddha are recommended.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After snāna: perform pitṛ-tarpaṇa, worship the Viśvedevas, and then conduct śrāddha for the ancestors.