Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तथा पितामहीपक्षे त्रय एते द्विजोत्तमाः । मातामहस्ततस्तस्य पिता तस्यापि यः पिता

Transliteration

tathā pitāmahīpakṣe traya ete dvijottamāḥ | mātāmahastatastasya pitā tasyāpi yaḥ pitā

Translation

તેમ જ, હે દ્વિજોત્તમ, પિતામહી-પક્ષે પણ આ ત્રણ ગણાય—માતામહ, પછી તેનો પિતા, અને તેનો પણ પિતા.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise, thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb/conjunctive: ‘thus/likewise’)

• पितामहीपक्षे: in the grandmother’s side/lineage
• पितामहीपक्षे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmahī + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘पितामह्याः पक्षः’)

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• द्विजोत्तमाः: excellent Brahmins
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘उत्तमाः द्विजाः’)

• मातामहः: maternal grandfather
• मातामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Apadana/Sequence marker (अपादान/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमसूचक (ablatival adverb: ‘thereafter/from that’)

• तस्य: of him/that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चय (particle: ‘also/even’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama (addressed brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal assembly where a learned brāhmaṇa recites the maternal lineage: maternal grandfather, his father, and that father’s father, as scribes/elders witness the ordered genealogy.

Characters & Entities

• pitāmahī-pakṣa
• mātāmaha
• dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires completeness: both sides of ancestry are to be respected and properly accounted for in rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A three-generation verification/purification is extended to the grandmother-side line via the maternal grandfather and his forefathers.