Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

पीयूषमपि तैर्दत्तं तेन नः स्यान्न तृप्तये

Transliteration

pīyūṣamapi tairdattaṃ tena naḥ syānna tṛptaye

Translation

Selbst wenn jene (Ungeeigneten) den Nektar selbst (pīyūṣa) darbrächten, würde er uns, den Pitṛs, dennoch keine Sättigung und Zufriedenheit gewähren.

Word by Word

• पीयूषम्: nectar (amṛta)
• पीयूषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीयूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्मणि 'दत्तम्' इति सह (given nectar)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-निपात (also/even)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि भाव (given)

• तेन: by that/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नः: for us/to us
• नः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) वा चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), बहुवचन; अत्र 'नः' = अस्माकम्/अस्मभ्यं (for us/of us)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• तृप्तये: for satisfaction
• तृप्तये: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestral beings), implied from context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva-sattama (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pitṛs appear unsatisfied despite a lavish offering; the scene contrasts glittering 'nectar-like' vessels with the subtle absence of ritual purity in the offerer.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual efficacy depends on dharmic propriety—mere material value (even “nectar”) cannot replace right intention, method, and eligibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya framework, but the specific tīrtha is not named in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies a rule of Śrāddha/offerings: offerings from improper sources or without proper rite do not yield Pitṛ-tṛpti (ancestral satisfaction).