Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

पितरस्तस्य तुष्यंति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् । पुष्करेषु च यत्पुण्यं कुरुक्षेत्रे रविग्रहे

Transliteration

pitarastasya tuṣyaṃti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam | puṣkareṣu ca yatpuṇyaṃ kurukṣetre ravigrahe

Translation

അവന്റെ പിതൃകൾ മഹാപ്രളയം വരെയും തൃപ്തരായിരിക്കും। പുഷ്കരത്തിൽ ഉള്ള പുണ്യം, കൂടാതെ കുരുക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ സൂര്യഗ്രഹണ സമയത്തെ പുണ്യം—

Word by Word

• pitaraḥ: the ancestors
• pitaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (nom pl)

• tasya: of him; his
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (gen sg)

• tuṣyanti: are satisfied
• tuṣyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-अव्यय (until; as long as)

• ābhūtasaṃplavam: up to the cosmic deluge
• ābhūtasaṃplavam: Kāla (Time-limit/कालावधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ā-bhūta-saṃplava (प्रातिपदिक; आ + भूत + संप्लव)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अव्ययीभाव/उपपद-भावः: ‘आभूत’ = up to beings; ‘भूतसंप्लव’ = deluge of beings); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; अवध्यर्थे (as limit)

• puṣkareṣu: in Puṣkara (holy places)
• puṣkareṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन (loc pl)

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

• yat: whatever; that which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• kurukṣetre: in Kurukṣetra
• kurukṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuru-kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक; कुरु + क्षेत्र)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘कुरूणां क्षेत्रम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• ravigrahe: at a solar eclipse
• ravigrahe: Adhikaraṇa (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi-graha (प्रातिपदिक; रवि + ग्रह)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-भाव: ‘रवेः ग्रहः’ = solar eclipse); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mokṣeśvara/Brahmeśa-associated tīrtha (implied)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers water oblations to ancestors; behind him appear emblematic visions of Puṣkara’s lake and Kurukṣetra’s sacred plain under a solar eclipse, signifying equivalent merit.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Puṣkara
• Kurukṣetra
• Ravi-graha (solar eclipse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to the ancestors performed at a supremely praised tīrtha yields enduring satisfaction and vast merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmeśa tīrtha is being elevated by comparison to Puṣkara and Kurukṣetra (especially at eclipse time).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse continues the pitṛ-focused promise (from piṇḍa-dāna); it highlights eclipse-time merit as a benchmark for comparison.