Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

न च तस्य पिता राजंस्तथैव प्रपितामहः

Transliteration

na ca tasya pitā rājaṃstathaiva prapitāmahaḥ

Translation

Et de même, ô roi, ni son père ni son arrière-grand-père ne l’acceptent alors.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

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

• तस्य: of him, his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी एकवचन (Gen. sg.)

• पिता: the father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन एकवचन (Voc. sg.)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/in the same way)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• प्रपितामहः: the great-grandfather
• प्रपितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator/teacher addressing a king)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage enumerates ancestor tiers—father and great-grandfather—indicating that none accept on that condition; the king appears concerned, emphasizing the consequence of ritual mistiming.

Characters & Entities

• pitā (father)
• prapitāmaha (great-grandfather)
• rājan (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Not all ancestral categories are ritually reachable at all times; dharma requires discerning whom the offering can properly reach.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse continues a rule about śrāddha reception.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It extends the restriction: father and great-grandfather also do not accept the offering under the stated conditions.