Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः । द्वादशाब्दानि तुष्यन्ति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ | dvādaśābdāni tuṣyanti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

ພໍ່, ປູ່ ແລະ ປູ່ທວດ ຈະອິ່ມໃຈພໍໃຈຕະຫຼອດສິບສອງປີ; ໃນເລື່ອງນີ້ບໍ່ຈໍາເປັນຕ້ອງສົງໄສຫຼືໂຕ້ຖຽງ.

Word by Word

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

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

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle: indeed/just)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle: indeed/just)

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

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्गे ‘अब्दानि’ इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• अब्दानि: years
• अब्दानि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time-span/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तुष्यन्ति: are satisfied
• तुष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• अत्र: here / in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: here/in this matter)

• कार्या: to be done / necessary
• कार्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विधेयविशेषणम् ‘विचारणा’ इत्यस्य (predicate adjective)

• विचारणा: deliberation / consideration
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continued context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (general)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (addressed as rājendra in the immediate vicinity of the passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a riverbank offers tilodaka and piṇḍa/tarpaṇa to three ancestral figures symbolically present; the river flows calmly, with ritual vessels and darbha grass in the foreground.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestral rites are framed as powerful acts of gratitude and continuity, bringing sustained contentment to the pitṛs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The result is tied to the immediately preceding tīrtha-based piṇḍa rite in the Dadhiskanda/Madhuskanda passage of Revākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it states the duration of ancestral satisfaction produced by the preceding rite.