Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

येन संजायते तृप्तिः पितॄणां द्वादशाब्दिकी । युष्माकं च गतिः श्रेष्ठा यथा जाता ममाधुना

Transliteration

yena saṃjāyate tṛptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ dvādaśābdikī | yuṣmākaṃ ca gatiḥ śreṣṭhā yathā jātā mamādhunā

Translation

これによって祖霊ピトリたちは十二年のあいだ満足を得、また汝らの行くべき道（ガティ）も、今のわたしのように最上のものとなる。

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संजायते: arises / is produced
• संजायते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: संजायते (धातु √जन् with उपसर्ग सम्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• द्वादशाब्दिकी: lasting twelve years
• द्वादशाब्दिकी: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश-अब्दिक (प्रातिपदिक; द्वादश + अब्दिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तृप्तिः); समासः द्विगु (द्वादश अब्दाः यस्याः)

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• गतिः: course / destiny / attainment
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रेष्ठा: excellent
• श्रेष्ठा: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (गतिः)

• यथा: as / just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative/manner adverb)

• जाता: has become / arisen
• जाता: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; √जन्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त; (गतिः इति स्त्रीलिङ्गस्य विशेषणरूपेण)

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

An unnamed narrator addressing brāhmaṇas; specific name not given in this excerpt

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the rite, a luminous, calm atmosphere: ancestors symbolically satisfied (suggested by subtle ancestral silhouettes or a radiant pitṛ-loka motif), while the performer’s path is shown as bright and upward—an allegory of ‘śreṣṭhā gati’.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving the pitṛs through proper rites benefits both ancestors and the performer’s own spiritual destiny (gati).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific location is mentioned in this verse; it emphasizes the fruit (phala) of the act.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse reinforces pitṛ-satisfaction (tṛpti) as the result of the prescribed ancestral rite, especially connected to the previously mentioned auspicious time.