Shloka 38 - Adhyaya 8 - Dvaraka Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Chinese | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

श्राद्धे कृते त्वमावस्यां पितृपक्षे च वै द्विजाः । अपुत्रा चैव या नारी काकवंध्या च या भवेत्

Transliteration

śrāddhe kṛte tvamāvasyāṃ pitṛpakṣe ca vai dvijāḥ | aputrā caiva yā nārī kākavaṃdhyā ca yā bhavet

Translation

婆罗门啊，当施行施罗达（śrāddha）之时——尤其在阿摩婆娑耶（amāvasyā，新月日）与祖灵半月（Pitṛpakṣa）期间——即便是无子之妇，乃至受不孕之苦者（kākavandhyā），亦被说在此诸仪轨之中得入补救功德之境。

Word by Word

श्राद्धेin/at the śrāddha (rite)

कृतेwhen (it is) done

तुindeed/but

अमावस्याम्on the new-moon day

पितृपक्षेin the fortnight of the ancestors (Pitṛpakṣa)

चand

वैindeed

द्विजाःO twice-born (brāhmaṇas)

अपुत्राsonless

चand

एवindeed

याwho (a woman)

नारीwoman

काकवन्ध्याbarren (like a crow; utterly infertile)

चand

याwho

भवेत्may be/is (potentially)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: गोमती-उदधि-संगम (श्राद्ध-प्रसंग)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: द्विजाः (प्रत्यक्ष संबोधन)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: पितृपक्ष/अमावस्या का तट: ब्राह्मणों के सामने कुश, तिल, जल-पात्र; स्त्री शोक-और-आशा के भाव से तर्पण/श्राद्ध-सामग्री अर्पित करती; धूप-दीप, शांत समुद्र-ध्वनि।

Characters & Entities

Amāvasyā

Pitṛpakṣa

Śrāddha

Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestral rites (Śrāddha), especially in sacred times like Amāvasyā and Pitṛpakṣa, are upheld as powerful remedial dharma that generates auspicious merit even amid personal afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within this adhyāya’s flow, the praise centers on the Gomati–Ocean confluence (Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama) in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of Śrāddha on Amāvasyā and during Pitṛpakṣa.