Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

गोष्पदे चान्नशता यः पितरस्तेन पुत्रिणः । दिनमेकमपि स्थित्वा पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम्

Transliteration

goṣpade cānnaśatā yaḥ pitarastena putriṇaḥ | dinamekamapi sthitvā punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam

Translation

Les Pitṛ, rassasiés à Goṣpada par cent offrandes de nourriture, accordent la descendance; et en y demeurant ne fût-ce qu’un seul jour, on purifie la lignée jusqu’à la septième génération.

Word by Word

• goṣpade: at Goṣpada
• goṣpade: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: goṣpada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• anna-śatāḥ: hundreds of food-offerings
• anna-śatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (अन्नस्य शतम्/शतसंख्याः—‘hundreds of food-offerings’)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• pitaraḥ: the ancestors
• pitaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्

• tena: by him / through that
• tena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• putriṇaḥ: having sons
• putriṇaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying pitaraḥ); अर्थः—‘पुत्रवन्तः’ (having a son)

• dinam: a day
• dinam: Kāla (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• ekam: one
• ekam: Kāla (Duration-qualifier/काल-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying dinam)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारक-अव्ययम् (even)

• sthitvā: having stayed
• sthitvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sthā (धातु) + ktvā (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (absolutive/gerund: having stayed)

• punāti: purifies
• punāti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्

• ā-saptamam: up to the seventh
• ā-saptamam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā (उपसर्ग) + saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; अवधि/पर्यन्तबोधकः (up to the seventh)

• kulam: family/lineage
• kulam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration style in māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Goṣpada

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim distributes food offerings at Goṣpada; above, pitṛs receive subtle streams of essence; behind the pilgrim, a symbolic family tree glows up to seven nodes.

Characters & Entities

• Goṣpada (tīrtha)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to the ancestors at a tīrtha—especially through food offerings—brings blessings of progeny and purifies the lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Goṣpada-tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering abundant food (anna) to the Pitṛs and staying at the tīrtha even for one day.