Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यः श्राद्धं कुरुते तत्र पितॄनुद्दिश्य भक्तितः । स याति परमं स्थानं पितृभिः सह पुण्यभाक्

Transliteration

yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute tatra pitṝnuddiśya bhaktitaḥ | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha puṇyabhāk

Translation

Wer dort in Hingabe das Śrāddha vollzieht und es den Pitṛs (Ahnen) darbringt, gelangt, reich an Verdienst, zusammen mit den Ahnen zur höchsten Wohnstatt.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, nominative singular

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• कुरुते: performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; Present, 3rd person singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक

• पितॄन्: the ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural

• उद्दिश्य: intending/dedicating to
• उद्दिश्य: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्+दिश् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (gerund); 'having intended/addressing'

• भक्तितः: out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); 'from/with devotion'

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present, 3rd person singular

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; विशेषणम् (स्थानम्)

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (goal)

• पितृभिः: with the ancestors
• पितृभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (in sense of accompaniment)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपसर्गसदृश (preposition/particle of accompaniment)

• पुण्यभाक्: partaker of merit
• पुण्यभाक्: Karta (Predicate noun/adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य+भाज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पुण्यं भजते/भागी)

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as pitṛ-kārya tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience within the māhātmya dialogue frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a clean river/kuṇḍa bank within Prabhāsa, a householder sits facing south, offering piṇḍa and water with kuśa grass; a priest guides; faint, benevolent ancestral figures appear in the background receiving offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional performance of śrāddha at a sanctified place uplifts both the performer and the Pitṛs, yielding high spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Prabhāsa Kṣetra tīrtha-region described in Adhyāya 68, where śrāddha is declared especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha dedicated to one’s ancestors (pitṝn uddiśya) with bhakti.