Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तथा तत्र नरो भक्त्या संपूज्य पितृदेवताः । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति दद्याद्वस्त्रद्विजातये

Transliteration

tathā tatra naro bhaktyā saṃpūjya pitṛdevatāḥ | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti dadyādvastradvijātaye

Translation

De même, là, l’homme qui, avec bhakti, vénère les divinités Pitṛ (les Ancêtres) obtient tous ses désirs ; et l’on doit offrir en aumône des vêtements à un « deux-fois-né » (brāhmane).

Word by Word

• tathā: thus/likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped well
• saṃpūjya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive) उपसर्गः सम् (having duly worshipped)

• pitṛdevatāḥ: the Pitṛ-deities (ancestral deities)
• pitṛdevatāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Plural); कर्मधारयः ‘पितर एव देवताः’

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• avāpnoti: attains
• avāpnoti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Present, 3rd person, Singular)

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriyā (Injunctive/vidhi)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd person, Singular)

• vastra: a garment/cloth
• vastra: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• dvijātaye: to a twice-born (Brahmin etc.)
• dvijātaye: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (Masculine, Dative, Singular); समासः द्वि + जाति (twice-born)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varuṇapada (context)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim offers Pitṛ worship at the water’s edge; then respectfully presents folded garments to a dvija; the atmosphere suggests blessings descending—subtle symbols of fulfilled wishes (flowers, full vessels).

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through ancestor-worship and charitable giving is taught as a complete path combining gratitude, purity, and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the tīrtha context of the lakes named in this adhyāya (Varuṇapada and Yakṣādhipa-saras) at Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-pūjā (worship/propitiation of ancestors) and vastra-dāna (donation of garments) to a dvija.