Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

पितृमेधफलं तेषामशेषं च भविष्यति । तथा शत्रुक्षयो राजन्वासः स्वर्गेषु चाक्षयः

Transliteration

pitṛmedhaphalaṃ teṣāmaśeṣaṃ ca bhaviṣyati | tathā śatrukṣayo rājanvāsaḥ svargeṣu cākṣayaḥ

Translation

فإنّ لهم يَتَحَقَّقُ ثوابُ طقوسِ القُربان للآباء (pitṛ‑medha) كاملًا غيرَ منقوص؛ وكذلك، أيها الملك، يكون فناءُ الأعداء، وتكون الإقامةُ في العوالم السماوية إقامةً لا تزول.

Word by Word

• pitṛ-medha-phalam: the fruit of the pitṛ-medha (ancestral rite)
• pitṛ-medha-phalam: Karta/Pratijñā (Subject/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + medha (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—पितॄणां मेधः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + तस्य फलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

• aśeṣam: entire, without remainder
• aśeṣam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhaviṣyati: will be / will occur
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘likewise’)

• śatru-kṣayaḥ: destruction of enemies
• śatru-kṣayaḥ: Karta/Pratijñā (Subject/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatru (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—शत्रूणां क्षयः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• vāsaḥ: dwelling, residence
• vāsaḥ: Karta/Pratijñā (Subject/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• svargeṣu: in heavens
• svargeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• akṣayaḥ: imperishable, unending
• akṣayaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Śiva (continuing the boon/praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (addressed as rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king is addressed with a phala-śruti: devotees performing pitṛ-rites at a radiant coastal tīrtha receive complete pitṛmedha fruit, enemies fall away, and a shining path to imperishable svarga opens.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Rāmatīrtha
• King (rājan, addressee within the narration)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to ancestors at a sanctified tīrtha is portrayed as both spiritually elevating and socially protective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmatīrtha, where śrāddha is said to yield complete pitṛ-rite merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied rite is śrāddha for pitṛs at the tīrtha, with stated results (phala) for the performer.