Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

येऽत्र श्राद्धं करिष्यंति पितृभक्तिपरायणाः । तृप्तिं तेषां गमिष्यंति पितरश्चैव तर्पिताः

Transliteration

ye'tra śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti pitṛbhaktiparāyaṇāḥ | tṛptiṃ teṣāṃ gamiṣyaṃti pitaraścaiva tarpitāḥ

Translation

ومن يُقيم هنا شعيرة «شرادها» بإخلاصٍ في برّ الأسلاف، يُدخل الرضا على آبائه الأقدمين؛ حقّاً إنّ البِتْرِ (Pitṛ) يُروَون ويُرضَون بالتَّرْپَنَة على الوجه اللائق.

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural; relative)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• करिष्यन्ति: will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd pl fut.)

• पितृभक्तिपरायणाः: devoted to reverence for ancestors
• पितृभक्तिपरायणाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ + भक्ति + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पितृषु भक्तिः यस्य/या; ‘devoted to ancestral devotion’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural; qualifying ये)

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction/contentment
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• गमिष्यन्ति: will attain/go to
• गमिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd pl fut.)

• पितरः: the ancestors/fathers
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• तर्पिताः: satiated/propitiated
• तर्पिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप्/तर्प् (धातु) + इत (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/इत) ‘तर्पित’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (PPP; predicate to पितरः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims in Prabhāsa perform śrāddha: seated on kuśa grass, offering piṇḍa and water-libations with black sesame; subtle presence of Pitṛs receiving satisfaction, calm sacred shoreline/ghāṭa setting.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• śrāddha
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only for personal merit; it also fulfills pitṛ-dharma by satisfying one’s ancestors through śrāddha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (with Bhalla-tīrtha in the surrounding passage).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha performed at the kṣetra with pitṛ-bhakti, implying tarpaṇa/offerings for ancestral satisfaction.