Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वैष्णवं लोकमायान्ति पितरस्त्रिकुलोद्भवाः । जीवते स श्रियायुक्तः पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः

Transliteration

vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamāyānti pitarastrikulodbhavāḥ | jīvate sa śriyāyuktaḥ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ

Translation

त्रिकुल से उत्पन्न पितर वैष्णव लोक को प्राप्त होते हैं; और कर्ता पुत्र-पौत्र सहित, श्री-सम्पन्न होकर जीवित रहता है।

Word by Word

• vaiṣṇavam: Vaiṣṇava (Vishnu’s)
• vaiṣṇavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• lokam: world, realm
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āyānti: they come, reach
• āyānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या, धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• pitaraḥ: forefathers, ancestors
• pitaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitar (पितृ, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• tri-kula-udbhavāḥ: born of three lineages
• tri-kula-udbhavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (त्रि, संख्याशब्द) + kula (कुल, प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (उद्भव, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रिकुलस्य उद्भवाः)

• jīvate: he lives
• jīvate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jīv (जीव्, धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śriyā-yuktaḥ: endowed with prosperity
• śriyā-yuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrī (श्री, प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (युक्त, कृदन्त; √yuj युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (श्रिया युक्तः)

• putra-pautra-samanvitaḥ: accompanied by sons and grandsons
• putra-pautra-samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (पुत्र, प्रातिपदिक) + pautra (पौत्र, प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (समन्वित, कृदन्त; सम्+√i/√anv-i)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (पुत्रपौत्रौ) + तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थः (पुत्रपौत्रैः समन्वितः)

Speaker

Deductive (Dvārakā Māhātmya context within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa): a Purāṇic narrator describing benefits to pitṛs and the patron

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A two-tier composition: below, the devotee with family receives prosperity and lineage blessings; above, radiant ancestors ascend toward a luminous Vaiṣṇava realm marked by Viṣṇu’s symbols (śaṅkha-cakra) and celestial light.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous acts performed with devotion uplift both ancestors and descendants, linking family welfare to sacred duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā Māhātmya is the context, presenting Dvārakā-linked observances as granting Vaiṣṇava destiny to pitṛs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse chiefly states results (pitṛ-gati and prosperity) of the earlier śrāddha and dāna practices.