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

Wer hier das śrāddha vollzieht, ganz der Verehrung der Ahnen hingegeben, schenkt seinen Vorfahren Zufriedenheit; wahrlich, die Pitṛs werden durch das tarpaṇa gebührend gesättigt.

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.