[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 5.217 # Skandapurana 5.217 Skandapurāṇa 5.217 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.217.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.1) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. etatsāmānyataḥ proktaṃ mayā śrāddhaṃ yathā naraiḥ .. karttavyaṃ viprapūrvairyadvarṇaiḥ pārthivasattama .. 1 .. > Bhartṛyajña said: / This śrāddha has been described in general terms by me, as it should be performed / by men of the castes beginning with brahmins, O best of earthly kings. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.2) ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi svaśākhāyāḥ smṛtaṃ nṛpa .. svadeśavarṇajātīyaṃ yathā syādatra nirvṛtiḥ .. 2 .. > Hereafter I shall speak of what is traditionally handed down for one's own branch \[of the Veda\], O king, / according to one's own country, caste, and lineage, so that satisfaction may arise in this matter. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.3) śrāddhe śraddhā yato mūlaṃ tena śrāddhaṃ prakīrtitam .. tattasminkriyamāṇe tu na kiṃcidvyarthatāṃ vrajet .. 3 .. > Because faith (śraddhā) is the root in a śrāddha, therefore it is called a śrāddha; / therefore, when that is performed, nothing goes in vain. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.4) aniṣṭamapi rājendra tasmācchrāddhaṃ samā caret .. viprapādodakaṃ yattu bhūmau patati pārthiva .. 4 .. > Therefore, even if unexpected, O best of kings, one should perform a śrāddha. / The water from washing the brahmin's feet that falls on the ground, O king— 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.6) jātā ye gotrajāḥ kecidaputrā maraṇaṃ gatāḥ .. te yāṃti paramāṃ tṛptimamṛtena yathā surāḥ .. .. viprapādodakaklinnā yāvattiṣṭhati medinī.. tāvatpuṣkarapātreṣu pibanti pitaro jalam..6.. > those born of the family who have died sonless, / they attain supreme satisfaction, as gods do with ambrosia. / As long as the earth remains wet with the water from washing the brahmin's feet, / so long do the ancestors drink water from lotus-leaf cups. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.7) śrāddhe'tha kriyamāṇe tu yatkiṃcitpatati kṣitau.. puṣpagandhodakaṃ cānnamapi toyaṃ nareśvara..7.. > And while the śrāddha is being performed, whatever falls upon the ground— / flowers, fragrant water, food, and also water, O lord of men— 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.8) tena tṛptiṃ parāṃ yāṃti ye kṛmitvamupāgatāḥ.. kīṭatvaṃ vāpi tiryaktvaṃ vyālatvaṃ ca narādhipa..8.. > by that, those who have become worms, / insects, animals, or serpents, O ruler of men, attain supreme satisfaction. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.9) yaducchiṣṭaṃ kṣitau yāti pātraprakṣālanodbhavam.. tena tṛptiṃ parāṃ yāṃti ye pretatvamupāgatāḥ .. 9 .. > The leftover food that falls to the earth, arising from washing the vessels, / by that, those who have become ghosts attain supreme satisfaction. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.10) ye cāpamṛtyunā kecinmṛtyuṃ prāptāḥ svavaṃśajāḥ .. asaṃskṛtapramītānāṃ tyāgināṃ kulayoṣitām .. 6.218.10 .. > And those born in one's family who have met death through unnatural death, / those who died unpurified by rites, ascetics, and women of the lineage— 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.11) ucchiṣṭabhāgadheyaṃ syāddarbheṣu vikiraśca yaḥ .. vikireṇa pradattena te tṛptiṃ yāṃti cākhilāḥ .. .. 11 .. > their share is the remnant and the scattered offering on the darbha grass; / by the scattered offering that is given, all of them attain satisfaction. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.12) yatkiṃcinmaṃtrahīnaṃ vā kālahīnamathāpi vā .. vidhihīnaṃ ca saṃpūrṇaṃ dakṣiṇāyāṃ tu tadbhavet .. 12 .. > Whatever is deficient in mantra, or deficient in proper time, / or deficient in ritual rule, becomes complete through the sacrificial fee. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.13) tasmānna dakṣiṇāhīnaṃ śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ vipaścitā .. ya icchecchāśvatīṃ tṛptiṃ pitṝṇāmātmanaśca yaḥ .. 13 .. > Therefore, a wise man should not perform a śrāddha devoid of a sacrificial fee, / if he desires everlasting satisfaction for his ancestors and for himself. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.14) dakṣiṇārahitaṃ śrāddhaṃ yathaivoṣaravarṣitam .. yathā tamasi nṛtyaṃ ca gītaṃ vā badhirasya ca .. 14 .. > A śrāddha devoid of dakṣiṇā is like rain falling on barren soil, / like dancing in the dark, or like a song for the deaf. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.15) śrāddhaṃ dattvā ca yuktvā ca śrāddhe niṣkāmatāṃ vrajet .. na svādhyāyaḥ prakartavyo na grāmāṃtarakaṃ vrajet .. 15 .. > Having offered a śrāddha and having engaged in it, one should attain desirelessness in the śrāddha; / no recitation of the Veda should be performed, nor should one travel to another village. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.16) śrāddhabhugramaṇītalpaṃ tadaharyo'dhigacchati .. taṃ māsaṃ pitarastasya jāyaṃte vīryabhojinaḥ .. 16 .. > He who, having eaten at a śrāddha, goes to a woman's bed on that day, / for that entire month his ancestors become eaters of semen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.17) śrāddhabhukchrāddhadātā ca yaḥ sevayati maithunam .. tasya saṃvatsaraṃ yāvatpitaraḥ śukrabhojinaḥ .. prabhavaṃti na saṃdeha ityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ .. 17 .. > He who eats at a śrāddha and he who offers a śrāddha, whichever of them indulges in sexual intercourse, / his ancestors become eaters of semen for a whole year; / there is no doubt about this, for such is the Vedic revelation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.18) śrāddhe bhuktvātha dattvā vā yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurutelpadhīḥ .. svādhyāyaṃ pitarastasya yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ nṛpa .. vyarthaśrāddhaphalāḥ saṃtaḥ pīḍyaṃte kṣutpipāsayā .. 18 .. > That foolish man who, having eaten or having offered \[oblations\] at a śrāddha, performs recitation of the Veda, / his ancestors, O king, for a whole year, / having their śrāddha-fruit rendered futile, are tormented by hunger and thirst. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.19) śrāddhe bhuktvā'tha dattvā vā yaḥ śrāddhaṃ mānavādhamaḥ .. grāmātaraṃ prayātyatra tacchrāddhaṃ vyarthatāṃ vrajet .. 19 .. > Having eaten or having offered \[oblations\] at a śrāddha, whatever base man / travels to another village, in this matter that śrāddha goes in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.20) brāhmaṇena na bhoktavyaṃ samāyāte nimaṃtraṇe .. atha bhuṃkte ca yo mohātsa prayāti hyadhogatim .. 6.218.20 .. > A brahmin should not eat \[elsewhere\] when an invitation has arrived; / but if he eats through delusion, he indeed goes to a low state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.21) yajamānena ca tathā na kāryaṃ bhojanaṃ param.. kurvaṃti ye narāḥ sarve te yāṃti narakaṃ dhruvam .. 21 .. > Likewise, a second meal should not be taken by the patron of the sacrifice; / all those men who do so certainly go to hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.22) śrāddhe bhuktvā'tha dattvā vā śrāddhaṃ yo yuddhamācaret.. asaṃdigdhaṃ hi tacchrāddhaṃ sa mando vyarthataṃ nayet .. 22 .. > Having eaten at a śrāddha or having offered a śrāddha, he who engages in fighting, / that foolish man undoubtedly leads that śrāddha to futility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.23) tasmātsarvaprayatnena doṣānetānparityajet .. śrāddhabhugyajamānaśca viśeṣeṇa mahīpate .. 23 .. > Therefore, with every effort, one should abandon these faults, / especially the eater at the śrāddha and the patron of the sacrifice, O lord of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.217.218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217.218) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śrāddhakalpe śrāddhaniyamavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭādaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 218 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighteenth chapter, named 'Description of the Rules of Śrāddha' in the Śrāddhakalpa of the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the sixth \[part\] of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.217.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.217) · Pramāṇa