Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तस्य पूर्वतरश्चापि तथा मातामहादयः । अंगेषु ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणामाक्रान्तास्ते पृथक्पृथक्

Transliteration

tasya pūrvataraścāpi tathā mātāmahādayaḥ | aṃgeṣu brāhmaṇendrāṇāmākrāntāste pṛthakpṛthak

Translation

Auch seine früheren Ahnen — Großväter und die übrigen — ergriffen, ein jeder für sich, Besitz von den Gliedern jener erhabenen Brāhmaṇas, die den Ritus vollzogen.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पूर्वतरः: the earlier one/ancestor
• पूर्वतरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative)

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/सम्भावनार्थक निपात (also/even)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (manner)

• मातामहादयः: maternal grandfather and others
• मातामहादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातामह (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः (मातामहः आदिः येषां ते)

• अङ्गेषु: in the limbs
• अङ्गेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणाम्: of the best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः (ब्राह्मणानाम् इन्द्राः)

• आक्रान्ताः: were seized/occupied
• आक्रान्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• पृथक्: each separately
• पृथक्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis)

Speaker

Unclear from snippet; within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a royal interlocutor (rājendra) in this adhyāya’s dialogue frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king/hero in the narrative frame (continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual assembly with eminent brāhmaṇas; subtle ancestral entities appear as faint overlays upon different limbs of different officiants, each ancestor occupying a distinct place—an uncanny, layered tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights the continuing bond and influence of ancestors, setting the stage for the need of proper pitṛ-kārya such as tarpaṇa and śrāddha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The adhyāya context is Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with Puṣkara-tīrtha prominently appearing in nearby verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse itself is descriptive; the surrounding passage moves toward śrāddha/tarpaṇa at Puṣkara-tīrtha.