Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तत्र ये मानवा भक्त्या श्राद्धं दास्यंति सत्तमाः । पितॄणां ते विमानस्था यास्यंति त्रिदिवालयम्

Transliteration

tatra ye mānavā bhaktyā śrāddhaṃ dāsyaṃti sattamāḥ | pitṝṇāṃ te vimānasthā yāsyaṃti tridivālayam

Translation

«Là, les êtres d’élite qui offrent le śrāddha avec dévotion—leurs Pitṛs (ancêtres) s’élèveront, assis dans des vimānas célestes, vers Tridivālaya, la demeure des dieux.»

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• mānavāḥ: men / humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Apposition to ye)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dāsyanti: will give
• dāsyanti: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• sattamāḥ: excellent / best
• sattamāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of mānavāḥ)

• pitṝṇām: of the ancestors (pitṛs)
• pitṝṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• vimāna-sthāḥ: seated in aerial cars
• vimāna-sthāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sthā)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: "विमाने स्थाः"; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of te)

• yāsyanti: will go
• yāsyanti: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• tridiva-ālayam: the abode of heaven
• tridiva-ālayam: Karma (Destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridiva (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: "त्रिदिवस्य आलयः"; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Paryuṣita

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual locus of the verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa’s sacred shore/ghāṭa, a devotee offers piṇḍa and water-libations; above, Pitṛs rise in radiant vimānas toward a luminous devaloka.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (Ancestors)
• Paryuṣita

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional śrāddha at a sanctified place directly supports the ancestors’ onward journey and higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa-kṣetra spot connected with Gautama’s āśrama and later remembered as Pretatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha with bhakti at that location for the benefit of one’s Pitṛs.