Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

सहस्रकल्पसाहस्रं प्रीणंति पितरोऽस्य वै । संततिं चाप्यविच्छिन्नां दद्युः पितॄगणास्तदा

Transliteration

sahasrakalpasāhasraṃ prīṇaṃti pitaro'sya vai | saṃtatiṃ cāpyavicchinnāṃ dadyuḥ pitṝgaṇāstadā

Translation

Durant mille milliers de kalpas, ses Pitṛs sont véritablement comblés ; alors les cohortes des ancêtres lui accordent une lignée de descendance ininterrompue.

Word by Word

• सहस्रकल्पसाहस्रम्: for a thousand thousands of kalpas
• सहस्रकल्पसाहस्रम्: Adhikarana/Extent (काल-परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र-कल्प-साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; सहस्र + कल्प + साहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परिमाण/कालवाचकं (accusative of extent)

• प्रीणन्ति: are pleased/satisfied
• प्रीणन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• संततिम्: progeny/lineage
• संततिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• अविच्छिन्नाम्: unbroken/continuous
• अविच्छिन्नाम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविच्छिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि + छिद् (धातु) + क्त, नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (संततिम्)

• दद्युः: would give/grant
• दद्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पितृगणाः: the groups of ancestors
• पितृगणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ-गण (प्रातिपदिक; पितृ + गण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha/Time (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu / Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers water with black sesame to a line of luminous Pitṛs appearing above the sea-horizon; the ancestors bestow a garland of blessings symbolizing unbroken progeny.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Pitṛgaṇa
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring ancestors through dharmic rites brings enduring ancestral grace and stability of family lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu region’s sacred context is implied through the Setukhaṇḍa setting, though this verse focuses on Pitṛs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies śrāddha/ancestor-satisfaction rites as the cause of Pitṛ gratification and blessings.