[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) › 5.224 # Skandapurana 5.224 Skandapurāṇa 5.224 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.224.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.1) .. ānarta uvāca .. .. ekoddiṣṭavidhiṃ brūhi mama tvaṃ vadatāṃ vara .. pārvaṇaṃ tu yathā proktaṃ vistareṇa mahāmate .. 1 .. > Ānarta said: / Tell me the procedure for the ekoddiṣṭa, O best of speakers, / just as the pārvaṇa was described in full detail, O noble-minded one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.2) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. trīṇi saṃcayanādarvāktāni tvaṃ śṛṇu sāṃpratam .. yasminsthāne bhavenmṛtyustatra śrāddhaṃ tu kārayet ..2.. > Bhartṛyajña said: / Hear now of the three \[rites\] prior to the gathering of the bones: / one should perform the śrāddha at that place where death occurs; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.3) ekoddiṣṭaṃ tato mārge viśrāmo yatra kāritaḥ .. tataḥ saṃcayanasthāne tṛtīyaṃ śrāddhamiṣyate .. 3 .. > then the ekoddiṣṭa on the road where rest was taken; / then at the place of bone-gathering the third śrāddha is prescribed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.4) prathame'hni dvitīyehni pañcame saptame tathā .. navame daśame caiva nava śrāddhāni tāni ca .. 4 .. > On the first day, the second day, on the fifth, likewise on the seventh, / on the ninth, and on the tenth: these are the nine śrāddhas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.5) vaitariṇyāśca saṃprāptau pretastṛptimavāpnuyāt .. ekoddiṣṭaṃ daivahīnamekārghaikapavitrakam .. 5 .. > And upon reaching the Vaitaraṇī, the deceased spirit attains satisfaction. / The ekoddiṣṭa is devoid of deities, having a single argha and a single pavitra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.6) āvāhanaparityaktaṃ kāryaṃ pārthivasattama .. tṛptipraśnastathā kāryaḥ svaditaṃ ca sakṛttataḥ .. 6 .. > and must be performed without the invocation, O best of kings. / Likewise, the question about satisfaction should be asked, and 'svadita' \[is uttered\] once then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.7) abhiramyatāmiti mantreṇa brāhmaṇasya visarjanam .. acchinnāgramabhinnāgraṃ kuryāddarbhatṛṇadvayam .. pavitraṃ tadvijānīyādekoddiṣṭe vidhīyate .. 7 .. > The dismissal of the brahmin is with the formula 'abhiramyatām'. / One should make two blades of darbha grass with uncut tips and unsevered ends; / one should know that to be the pavitra prescribed in the ekoddiṣṭa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.8) sarvatraiva pitaḥ proktaṃ pitā tarpaṇakarmaṇi .. pitrye saṃkalpakāle ca piturakṣayyadāpane .. 8 .. > Everywhere \[the vocative\] 'O Father' (pitaḥ) is prescribed; \[the nominative\] 'father' (pitā) in the rite of tarpaṇa; / and in ancestral rites at the time of resolution (saṅkalpa); and \[the genitive\] 'of the father' (pituḥ) at the offering of the inexhaustible (akṣayya). / 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.9) gotraṃ svarāṃtaṃ sarvatra gotre tarpaṇakarmaṇi .. gotrāya kalpanavidhau gotrasyākṣayyadāpane .. 9 .. > Everywhere the gotra ending in a vowel \[is used\]; \[the locative/vocative\] gotre in the rite of tarpaṇa; / gotrāya \[dative\] in the rule of preparation; and gotrasya \[genitive\] at the offering of the inexhaustible. / 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.10) śarmannarghyādikartavye śarmā tarpaṇakarmaṇi .. śarmaṇe sasyadāne ca śarmaṇo'kṣayyake vidhau .. 6.225.10 .. > \[The vocative\] śarman when the arghya and so forth is to be performed; \[the nominative\] śarmā in the rite of tarpaṇa; / \[the dative\] śarmaṇe in the offering of grain; and \[the genitive\] śarmaṇaḥ in the rite of the inexhaustible. / 6.225.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.11) mātarmātre tathā māturāsane kalpane'kṣaye .. gotre gotrāyai gotrāyāḥ prathamādyā vibhaktayaḥ .. 11 .. > Mātar \[vocative\] for the mother, and mātre \[dative\] and mātuḥ \[genitive\] in the seat, preparation, and inexhaustible \[offering\]; / gotre \[vocative\], gotrāyai \[dative\], and gotrāyāḥ \[genitive\] are the case endings beginning with the first. / 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.12) devi devyai tathā devyā evaṃ mātuśca kīrtayet .. prathamā ca caturthī ca ṣaṣṭhī syācchrāddhasiddhaye .. 12 .. > Devi, devyai, and devyāḥ—thus one should utter for the mother as well. / The nominative, dative, and genitive are used for the accomplishment of the śrāddha. / 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.13) vibhaktirahitaṃ śrāddhaṃ kriyate vā viparyayāt .. akṛtaṃ tadvijānīyātpitṛṇāṃ nopatiṣṭhati .. .. 13 .. > If a śrāddha is performed devoid of case endings or through inversion, / one should know that it is undone; it does not reach the ancestors. / 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.14) tasmātsarvaprayatnena brāhmaṇena vijānatā .. vibhaktibhiryathoktābhiḥ śrāddhe kāryo vidhiḥ sadā .. 14 .. > Therefore, with every effort, by a learned brahmin / the rite should always be performed in the śrāddha with the case endings as stated. / 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.15) tataḥ sapiṃḍīkaraṇaṃ vatsarā dūrdhvataḥ sthitam .. vṛddhirvā''gāminī cetsyāttadārvāgapi kārayet .. 15 .. > Thereafter, the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa is prescribed after a year; / or, if an auspicious increase (vṛddhi) is impending, one should cause it to be done even prior \[to that\]. / 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.16) pārvaṇoktavidhānena tridaivatyamadaivikam .. pretamuddiśya kartavyameko ddiṣṭaṃ ca pārthiva .. 16 .. > It should be performed for the deceased (preta) by the rite prescribed for pārvaṇa, dedicated to three deities, devoid of \[offerings to\] the viśvedevas, / and as a single-destination (ekoddiṣṭa) \[rite\], O king. / 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.17) ekenaiva tu pākena mama caitanmataṃ smṛtam .. arghapātraṃ samādāya yatpretārthaṃ prakalpitam .. 17 .. > And in my traditional view, it is with a single cooking \[of the offering\]. / Taking up the vessel of arghya that was prepared for the sake of the deceased, / 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.18) pitṛpātreṣu triṣveva tridhā tacca parikṣipet .. evaṃ piṃḍaṃ tridhā kṛtvā pitṛpiṃḍeṣu ca triṣu .. 18 .. > one should pour it threefold into the three vessels of the ancestors. / Likewise, dividing the lump of food (piṇḍa) into three, \[he joins them\] into the three lumps of the ancestors, / 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.19) ye samāneti mantrābhyāṃ na syātpretastataḥ param .. avanejanaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pitṛpūrvaṃ yathākramam .. 19 .. > with the two mantras beginning with 'ye samānāḥ'. Thenceforth he is no longer a preta. / Having then performed the avanejana, in proper order beginning with the father, / 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.20) gandhadhūpādikaṃ sarvaṃ punareva pradāpayet .. pitṛpūrvaṃ samuccārya varjayecca caturthakam .. 6.225.20 .. > he should again bestow everything, beginning with incense and sandal-paste. / Uttering \[the names\] beginning with the father, he should omit the fourth. / 6.225.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.21) keciccaturthaṃ kurvaṃti pretaṃ ca svapitustataḥ .. pituḥ pūrvaṃ bhavecchrāddhaṃ paraṃ naitanmataṃ mama .. 21 .. > Some make the preta the fourth \[ancestor\] after their own father; / the śrāddha would then be before the father, but this is not my opinion. / 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.22) sapiṇḍīkaraṇādūrdhvamekoddiṣṭaṃ na kārayet .. kṣayāhaṃ ca parityajya śastrāhata caturdaśīm .. 22 .. > After the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, one should not cause an ekoddiṣṭa to be performed, / except on the anniversary of death and on the fourteenth day for those slain by weapons. / 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.23) yaḥ sapiṇḍīkṛtaṃ pretaṃ pṛthakpiṇḍe niyojayet .. akṛtaṃ tadvijānīyātpitṛhā copajāyate ...23 .. > He who assigns a separate piṇḍa to a deceased person who has undergone sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, / should know that it is undone, and he becomes a slayer of his ancestors. / 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.24) pitā yasya tu nirvṛtto jīvate ca pitāmahaḥ .. pituḥ sa nāma saṃkīrtya kīrtayetprapitāmaham .. 24 .. > He whose father is deceased, but whose grandfather is alive, / having uttered the father's name, should utter the great-grandfather's. / 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.25) pitāmahastu pratyakṣaṃ bhuktvā gṛhṇāti piṇḍakam .. pitāmahakṣayāhe ca pārvaṇaṃ śrāddhamiṣyate .. 25 .. > For the grandfather eats and receives the piṇḍa in person. / And on the anniversary of the grandfather's death, a pārvaṇa-śrāddha is prescribed. / 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.26) janakaṃ svaṃ parityajya kathaṃcinnāsya dīyate .. tasyākṛtena śrāddhena na svalpaṃ pitṛto bhayam .. 26 .. > Leaving out one's own father, it is never offered to him. / From a śrāddha left unperformed for him, no small fear arises from the ancestors. / 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.27) amāvāsyāsu sarvāsu mṛte pitari pārvaṇam .. nabhasyāparapakṣasya madhye caitadudāhṛtam.. 27 .. > On all new moon days when the father is dead, a pārvaṇa \[śrāddha is performed\]; / and this is declared \[also\] in the midst of the dark fortnight of Bhādrapada. / 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.28) yāvatsapiṃḍatā naiva na tāvacchrāddhamācaret .. 28 .. > As long as the status of sapiṇḍa is not attained, one should not perform \[that\] śrāddha. / 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.29) janake mṛtyumāpanne śrāddhapakṣe samāgate .. pitāmahādeḥ kartavyaṃ śrāddhaṃ yannaikapiṃḍatā ..29.. > When the father has met with death, and the fortnight of śrāddha arrives, / the śrāddha must be performed for the grandfather and the rest, since there is not yet unity of the piṇḍa. / 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.224.225](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.225) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye sapiṃḍīkaraṇavidhivarṇanaṃnāma pañcaviṃśatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 225 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-fifth chapter, titled 'Description of the Rule of Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa', in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skandapurāṇa. / 225 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.224.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Vīramitrodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.viramitrodaya.198) — Mitramiśra 1610, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.65.2-5.p1) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhadipa.8.464) — Divyasiṃha Mahāpātra 1640, Sanskrit - [Smṛtitattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.1.p2.107) — Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya 1520, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224) · Pramāṇa