Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

गोष्पदे चान्नशता यः पितरस्तेन पुत्रिणः । दिनमेकमपि स्थित्वा पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम्

Transliteration

goṣpade cānnaśatā yaḥ pitarastena putriṇaḥ | dinamekamapi sthitvā punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam

Translation

إنّ البِتْرِ (الأسلاف) الذين يُرضَون في غوصبادا بمئة قرابين من الطعام يمنحون الذرية؛ ومن أقام هناك يومًا واحدًا فقط طهّر سلالته إلى الجيل السابع.

Word by Word

• goṣpade: at Goṣpada
• goṣpade: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: goṣpada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• anna-śatāḥ: hundreds of food-offerings
• anna-śatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (अन्नस्य शतम्/शतसंख्याः—‘hundreds of food-offerings’)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• pitaraḥ: the ancestors
• pitaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्

• tena: by him / through that
• tena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• putriṇaḥ: having sons
• putriṇaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying pitaraḥ); अर्थः—‘पुत्रवन्तः’ (having a son)

• dinam: a day
• dinam: Kāla (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• ekam: one
• ekam: Kāla (Duration-qualifier/काल-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying dinam)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारक-अव्ययम् (even)

• sthitvā: having stayed
• sthitvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sthā (धातु) + ktvā (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (absolutive/gerund: having stayed)

• punāti: purifies
• punāti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्

• ā-saptamam: up to the seventh
• ā-saptamam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā (उपसर्ग) + saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; अवधि/पर्यन्तबोधकः (up to the seventh)

• kulam: family/lineage
• kulam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration style in māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Goṣpada

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim distributes food offerings at Goṣpada; above, pitṛs receive subtle streams of essence; behind the pilgrim, a symbolic family tree glows up to seven nodes.

Characters & Entities

• Goṣpada (tīrtha)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to the ancestors at a tīrtha—especially through food offerings—brings blessings of progeny and purifies the lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Goṣpada-tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering abundant food (anna) to the Pitṛs and staying at the tīrtha even for one day.