Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

तथा च सर्वतीर्थानां व्रतानां लभते फलम् । उद्धरेत्तु पितुर्वर्गं मातृवर्गं तथैव च

Transliteration

tathā ca sarvatīrthānāṃ vratānāṃ labhate phalam | uddharettu piturvargaṃ mātṛvargaṃ tathaiva ca

Translation

Likewise, one obtains the fruit of all sacred pilgrimages and all vows; and one uplifts the lineage of one’s father and likewise the lineage of one’s mother.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise; thus
• तथा: Adhikarana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/अनुक्रमवाचक (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• सर्वतीर्थानाम्: of all sacred places
• सर्वतीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि तीर्थानि)

• व्रतानाम्: of vows; observances
• व्रतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• उद्धरेत्: should rescue; should uplift
• उद्धरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्√हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तु: indeed; moreover
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• पितुः: of (one's) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• वर्गम्: group; lineage
• वर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• मातृ: of (one's) mother
• मातृ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)

• वर्गम्: group; lineage
• वर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Adhikarana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/अनुक्रमवाचक (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Talasvāmi-sannidhi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple at a sacred precinct in Prabhāsa, hands joined in añjali, offering water to ancestors; behind them a serene kuṇḍa and a shrine of Talasvāmi, with sages witnessing the act.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based devotion is portrayed as benefiting both the practitioner and their ancestral lines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Talasvāmi context), presented as conferring the fruit of all tīrthas and vratas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied completion of the Talasvāmi observance that yields tīrtha- and vrata-fruit and ancestor upliftment.