Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

मनुष्याश्चैव योगीन्द्राः पितरः सपितामहाः । अस्माहकेऽत्र तिष्ठन्ति सर्व एव न संशयः

Transliteration

manuṣyāścaiva yogīndrāḥ pitaraḥ sapitāmahāḥ | asmāhake'tra tiṣṭhanti sarva eva na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ഇവിടെ മനുഷ്യരും, യോഗീന്ദ്രന്മാരായ മഹായോഗികളും, പിതൃദേവന്മാർ പിതാമഹന്മാരോടുകൂടി വസിക്കുന്നു. നമ്മുടെ ഹിതാർത്ഥം എല്ലാവരും ഇവിടെ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു—സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• मनुष्याः: men, human beings
• मनुष्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• योगीन्द्राः: lords among yogis
• योगीन्द्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगीन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—योगिनाम् इन्द्राः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पितरः: fathers/ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सपितामहाः: together with grandfathers
• सपितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—सहिताः पितामहाः (स-उपपदपूर्वकः कर्मधारय)

• अस्माहके: in/at ours (our place/side)
• अस्माहके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्माहक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; ‘अस्मदीय’ अर्थे (belonging to us)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand, remain, stay
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• न: not, no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yodhanīpura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a king (nṛpa) implied by nearby vocatives

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred riverside/kshetra vista where living pilgrims offer water and sesame; behind them, subtle luminous forms of pitṛs and ascetic yogins stand in attendance, suggesting an unseen congregation.

Characters & Entities

• Yogīndras
• Pitṛs
• Pitāmahas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sites support both the living and the ancestral realms; they are presented as meeting-points where dharma benefits generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-setting, implicitly connected to rites benefiting Pitṛs, in the context of Yodhanīpura.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated, but the mention of Pitṛs strongly implies Śrāddha/tarpaṇa suitability at this sacred locale.