Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः । माता पितामही चैव तथैव प्रपितामही

Transliteration

pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ | mātā pitāmahī caiva tathaiva prapitāmahī

Translation

Père, grand-père et arrière-grand-père ; de même mère, grand-mère et arrière-grand-mère—

Word by Word

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• पितामहः: grandfather (paternal)
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण particle)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण particle)

• प्रपितामहः: great-grandfather
• प्रपितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• पितामही: grandmother (paternal)
• पितामही: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण particle)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण particle)

• प्रपितामही: great-grandmother
• प्रपितामही: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Ritual mantra text (enumeration of ancestors)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual recitation listing six ancestors—three paternal and three maternal—while six symbolic lamps or six piṇḍas are arranged, indicating inclusive remembrance.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (paternal line)
• Mātṛs (maternal line)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes gratitude to both paternal and maternal lines, extending remembrance across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such lineage-invocation is framed as part of tīrtha-śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Naming/mentally invoking successive generations of ancestors as part of the offering-mantra.