Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तत्र पिंडप्रदानेन तृप्तिः स्यात्कोटिवार्षिकी । पितॄणां च वरारोहे ह्येतदाह हरिः स्वयम्

Transliteration

tatra piṃḍapradānena tṛptiḥ syātkoṭivārṣikī | pitṝṇāṃ ca varārohe hyetadāha hariḥ svayam

Translation

Durch das Darbringen von piṇḍas dort, o Schönhüftige, erlangen die Ahnen Zufriedenheit für zehn Millionen Jahre — so verkündet es Hari selbst.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• पिण्ड-प्रदानेन: by offering rice-balls (piṇḍa)
• पिण्ड-प्रदानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पिण्डस्य प्रदानम्)

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction; satiation
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be; becomes
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• कोटि-वार्षिकी: for a crore of years
• कोटि-वार्षिकी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + वार्षिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कोट्या वार्षिकी = ‘lasting a crore of years’)

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction: ‘and’)

• वर-आरोहे: O beautiful one
• वर-आरोहे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (वरम् आरोहति इति/यस्या आरोहः वरः = ‘O fair-hipped/beautiful one’)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/हेतुबोधक-निपात (particle: ‘indeed/for’)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धातु; ‘to say’)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परिपूर्णभूत-रूप); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Visheshana (Emphasis/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (emphatic)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; reports Hari’s statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa piṇḍa-pradāna tīrtha (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A noble female addressee (‘varārohe’) within the narrative dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank/sea-adjacent tīrtha platform in Prabhāsa, a devotee offers rice-balls (piṇḍas) with kuśa grass and water-libations; brāhmaṇas sit nearby; the atmosphere is solemn yet comforting, as if ancestors are invisibly present and appeased.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes gratitude to one’s lineage; tīrtha-rites offered with faith bring enduring benefit to the Pitṛs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ refers to the same Viṣṇupada-associated tīrtha context in this chapter (linked with Puṣkara and Hari’s footprint).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Piṇḍa-pradāna (offering of piṇḍas) for the ancestors.