Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

उद्धृताः पितरस्तैस्तु यावच्चंद्रार्क्कमेदिनि । द्वापरे च युगे भूत्वा व्यासेनोक्तं महात्मना

Transliteration

uddhṛtāḥ pitarastaistu yāvaccaṃdrārkkamedini | dvāpare ca yuge bhūtvā vyāsenoktaṃ mahātmanā

Translation

Par eux, en vérité, leurs ancêtres sont élevés tant que la lune et le soleil demeurent sur la terre. Ainsi l’a proclamé le magnanime Vyāsa, apparu à l’âge du Dvāpara.

Word by Word

• उद्धृताः: lifted up, rescued
• उद्धृताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√हृ (धातु) > उद्धृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; passive past participle

• पितरः: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; instrumental pronoun

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ

• यावत्: as long as, until
• यावत्: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/परिमाणवाचक (until/as long as)

• चन्द्र: moon
• चन्द्र: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• अर्क: sun
• अर्क: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• मेदिनि: on the earth (as long as moon and sun endure)
• मेदिनि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; चन्द्र+अर्क (द्वन्द्व) + मेदिनी (सप्तमी) = चन्द्रार्कमेदिनि (locative)

• द्वापरे: in the Dvāpara (age)
• द्वापरे: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वापर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (युगे इति सह)

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

• युगे: in the age
• युगे: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु) > भूत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• व्यासेन: by Vyāsa
• व्यासेन: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• उक्तम्: said, spoken
• उक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु) > उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; passive past participle

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (with Dharma-vāpī implied in immediate context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa, serene and radiant, speaks of pitṛ-upliftment enduring as long as sun and moon; behind him a sacred grove and a small waterbody hinting at Dharma-vāpī; subtle sun-moon disc motifs in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Vyāsa
• Dvāpara-yuga
• Sun
• Moon

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acts tied to tīrtha and śrāddha can generate long-lasting benefit for one’s ancestors, grounded in revered Purāṇic authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya (context), as the locus whose practices yield enduring pitṛ-benefit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ancestral benefit is linked to the prior-mentioned recitation/śrāddha context, validated here by Vyāsa’s statement.