Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यथावित्तोपचारेण सुपात्रे च यथाविधि । यावद्युगसहस्रं तु तृप्ताः स्युस्ते पितामहाः

Transliteration

yathāvittopacāreṇa supātre ca yathāvidhi | yāvadyugasahasraṃ tu tṛptāḥ syuste pitāmahāḥ

Translation

Par des offrandes selon ses moyens, et selon le rite à un récipiendaire digne, les ancêtres de cet homme demeurent satisfaits durant mille yugas.

Word by Word

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner: “as/according to”)

• वित्त: wealth, means
• वित्त: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem used in compound)

• उपचारेण: by proper offering/service
• उपचारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (instrumental: “by/with due service/offerings”)

• सुपात्रे: in/for a worthy vessel (recipient)
• सुपात्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + पात्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास: कर्मधारय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (locative: “in/for a worthy recipient”)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (as/according to)

• विधि: rule, prescribed rite
• विधि: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem used in compound)

• यावत्: as long as, up to
• यावत्: Sambandha (Extent/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्धबोधक)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधिवाचक (until/as long as)

• युग: age (yuga)
• युग: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem used in compound)

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (object of extent; with yāvāt)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (but/indeed)

• तृप्ताः: satisfied
• तृप्ताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप्त (कृदन्त; √तृप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन (agreeing with पितामहाः)

• स्युः: would be, may be
• स्युः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject determiner/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन (demonstrative: “those”)

• पितामहाः: forefathers, grandfathers (ancestors)
• पितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa śrāddha-sthāna (Prācī/Dakṣiṇāmūrti vicinity)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble householder offers simple but pure items to a learned, restrained brāhmaṇa; ritual is orderly; ancestors are shown as calm, satisfied presences.

Characters & Entities

• supātra
• vidhi
• pitāmahāḥ
• yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual merit depends on sincerity, right procedure, and worthy recipients—not merely on lavish expense.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa Kṣetra setting continues as the implied sacred context for the Śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer Śrāddha with means-appropriate gifts, following scriptural procedure, to a supātra (worthy person).