Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

यावद्द्वादशवर्षाणि पितरश्च पितामहाः । तर्पिता नान्यमिच्छन्ति पुष्करे स्वकुलोद्भवे

Transliteration

yāvaddvādaśavarṣāṇi pitaraśca pitāmahāḥ | tarpitā nānyamicchanti puṣkare svakulodbhave

Translation

Zwölf Jahre lang begehren Väter und Großväter—wenn sie durch das tarpaṇa (rituelle Wasserspende) gesättigt sind—nichts anderes, sofern es in Puṣkara von einem aus ihrer eigenen Linie Geborenen vollzogen wird.

Word by Word

• yāvat: for as long as; up to
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधिवाचक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• dvādaśa-varṣāṇi: twelve years
• dvādaśa-varṣāṇi: Kāla (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु (द्वादश वर्षाणि) कालपरिमाणवाचक

• pitaraḥ: the fathers/ancestors
• pitaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• pitāmahāḥ: the grandfathers
• pitāmahāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• tarpitāḥ: being satisfied (having been offered libations)
• tarpitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tarpita (कृदन्त, √tṛp/√tarp (धातु), क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; कर्तरि/कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘तृप्त/तर्पित’ अर्थे

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• anyam: anything else; another (thing)
• anyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश विशेषण/संज्ञा

• icchanti: they desire
• icchanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• puṣkare: at Puṣkara
• puṣkare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• sva-kulodbhave: in one’s own lineage-descendant (i.e., when a descendant of one’s family is there/acts)
• sva-kulodbhave: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + kulodbhava (प्रातिपदिक; kula + udbhava)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य कुलस्य उद्भवः)

Speaker

Unclear from snippet; Purāṇic narrator praising Puṣkara-tīrtha’s pitṛ-tarpaṇa power in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Puṣkara-tīrtha, a descendant offers tilodaka tarpaṇa with cupped hands; behind him, subtle ancestral figures (fathers and grandfathers) appear serene and satisfied, indicating a twelve-year boon.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Tarpaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestral satisfaction is a sacred duty; performed at an empowered tīrtha it brings enduring spiritual completion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara-tīrtha (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra as presented in this adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpaṇa for pitṛs at Puṣkara, especially performed by a descendant of the same lineage.