Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यानि रत्नानि मेदिन्यां वाहनानि स्त्रियस्तथा । क्षिप्रं प्राप्नोति तत्सर्वं पितृभक्तस्तु मानवः

Transliteration

yāni ratnāni medinyāṃ vāhanāni striyastathā | kṣipraṃ prāpnoti tatsarvaṃ pitṛbhaktastu mānavaḥ

Translation

Whatever jewels are on the earth—along with conveyances and even marital fortune—a man devoted to the Pitṛs quickly attains all of that.

Word by Word

• यानि: whatever (things)
• यानि: Karma (Object set/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative)

• रत्नानि: jewels
• रत्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; यानि इति अप्पोजिशन

• मेदिन्याम्: on the earth
• मेदिन्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वाहनानि: vehicles
• वाहनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb), समुच्चयार्थ

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः—प्र

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वम् इति विशेषणसहितं कर्म

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत् इति विशेषणम्

• पितृभक्तः: devoted to the ancestors
• पितृभक्तः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ-भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; पितृ + भक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मानवः इति विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पितृषु भक्तः)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narration style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted householder offers śrāddha; from the subtle realm, Pitṛs bestow blessings that manifest as symbols—gems, a chariot/vehicle, and auspicious household prosperity—shown as dharmic boons rather than greed.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to the Pitṛs is said to bring swift worldly well-being alongside religious merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, the sacred landscape within which pitṛ-devotion is repeatedly celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-bhakti expressed through śrāddha and related observances (implied as the means to these fruits).