Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

पितॄणां च सुतानां च बंधूनां च विशेषतः । श्वश्रूणां च स्नुषाणां च भगिनीभ्रातृभार्ययोः

Transliteration

pitṝṇāṃ ca sutānāṃ ca baṃdhūnāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | śvaśrūṇāṃ ca snuṣāṇāṃ ca bhaginībhrātṛbhāryayoḥ

Translation

Pour les pères et les fils, et tout particulièrement pour les proches parents; pour les belles-mères et les belles-filles; et pour les sœurs ainsi que les épouses des frères—

Word by Word

• पितॄणाम्: of the fathers/ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुतानाम्: of the sons
• सुतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बन्धूनाम्: of the relatives/kinsmen
• बन्धूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: especially)

• श्वश्रूणाम्: of the mothers-in-law
• श्वश्रूणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वश्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्नुषाणाम्: of the daughters-in-law
• स्नुषाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नुषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भगिनीभ्रातृभार्ययोः: of the sister and the brother’s wife
• भगिनीभ्रातृभार्ययोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगिनी + भ्रातृ + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (समाहार/समुदायार्थे), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Dual)

Speaker

Indra (continuation of Indra’s explanation begun in v.33)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim performs water-offerings (tarpaṇa) with folded hands, while subtle, translucent ancestral figures and family members are symbolically shown receiving blessings; the Hāṭakeśvara shrine stands nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames dharma in relational terms, highlighting how actions and emotions affect one’s wider family network.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra-mahātmya in Adhyāya 206.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is mentioned in this half-verse; it is part of a longer statement about effects and conduct.