Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

तेषां यास्यंति पितरो मोक्षं नैवात्र संशयः

Transliteration

teṣāṃ yāsyaṃti pitaro mokṣaṃ naivātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ບັນພະບຸລຸດຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ ຈະໄດ້ເຖິງໂມກສະ (mokṣa) ແນ່ນອນ—ບໍ່ມີຂໍ້ສົງໄສໃນທີ່ນີ້।

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (of them)

• यास्यन्ति: will go, will attain
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्म (goal)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण/emphasis ‘indeed/only’)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (there is doubt)

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic narrative voice within the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes śrāddha; above, ancestral figures are shown ascending as luminous subtle forms toward a radiant, tranquil realm, suggesting mokṣa; the sacred coastal horizon frames the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛ
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Selfless rites performed with faith at a sanctified tīrtha can uplift one’s lineage and lead ancestors toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devikā-taṭa/Mūlasthāna tīrtha region within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation of the prior śrāddha/tarpaṇa rites performed here for the ancestors.