Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

मया राघव तत्राऽस्ति स्थापितः प्रपितामहः । तस्याऽद्य दिवसे यात्रा बहुश्रेयःप्रदा स्मृता

Transliteration

mayā rāghava tatrā'sti sthāpitaḥ prapitāmahaḥ | tasyā'dya divase yātrā bahuśreyaḥpradā smṛtā

Translation

Ô Rāghava, là-bas j’ai établi le Prapitāmaha, l’Ancien Aïeul. En ce jour même, le pèlerinage vers Lui est tenu en mémoire comme dispensant abondant bien et mérite.

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री/नपुं (त्रिलिङ्ग), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• राघव: O Rāghava
• राघव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• स्थापितः: installed/established
• स्थापितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच्; स्थापित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रपितामहः: great-grandfather (ancestor)
• प्रपितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• यात्रा: pilgrimage/ritual journey
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• बहुश्रेयःप्रदा: bestowing much merit
• बहुश्रेयःप्रदा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + श्रेयस् + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक); प्रदा = प्र + दा (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (बहुश्रेयसः प्रदा = giver of much merit)

• स्मृता: is remembered/considered
• स्मृता: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ (धातु); स्मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prapitāmaha/Pitāmaha-tīrtha (Brahmā installation-site)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāghava (Rāma) addressed by the speaker within the story

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like figure addresses Rāghava, pointing toward a sanctified spot where an ancient ‘Grandsire’ deity has been installed; the air suggests an auspicious festival-day pilgrimage.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Rāma
• Prabhāsa
• Prapitāmaha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (yātrā) to a sanctified स्थापना (consecrated sacred presence) is praised as a direct means to śreyas—worldly and spiritual well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context links to Prabhāsa and a specific installed sacred presence there, whose yātrā is said to grant abundant śreyas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā (devotional visit/pilgrimage) to the installed Prapitāmaha on that day is recommended as highly merit-giving.