Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

वेदोक्तैरपरैश्चैव पितृतुष्टिकरैः परैः । ततः प्रोचुश्च संहृष्टाः पितरस्तान्सुरोद्भवाः

Transliteration

vedoktairaparaiścaiva pitṛtuṣṭikaraiḥ paraiḥ | tataḥ procuśca saṃhṛṣṭāḥ pitarastānsurodbhavāḥ

Translation

വേദോക്തവും മറ്റു ശ്രേഷ്ഠമായ പിതൃതുഷ്ടികര മന്ത്രങ്ങളാലും സ്തുതിച്ച ശേഷം, ദേവോദ്ഭവ പിതൃഗണ സന്തോഷത്തോടെ അവരോടു സംസാരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• वेदोक्तैः: with those stated in the Veda
• वेदोक्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + उक्त (कृदन्त; √वच् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वेदेन उक्त), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (agreeing with implied स्तवैः/सूक्तैः), तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अपरैः: with other
• अपरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (additional/other)

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

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

• पितृतुष्टिकरैः: with those that cause the Pitṛs’ satisfaction
• पितृतुष्टिकरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ + तुष्टि + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘पितॄणां तुष्टिं करोति’), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (to implied स्तवैः/सूक्तैः)

• परैः: excellent
• परैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (excellent)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereupon/then)

• प्रोचुः: spoke forth
• प्रोचुः: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

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

• संहृष्टाः: delighted
• संहृष्टाः: Karta (Predicate adjective of पितरः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहृष्ट (कृदन्त; सं-√हृष् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (‘delighted’), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पितरः: the Pitṛs
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तान्: to them / them
• तान्: Karma (Object of प्रोचुः—‘addressed them’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• सुरोद्भवाः: arisen from the gods / of divine origin
• सुरोद्भवाः: Visheshana (to पितरः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुर + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘सुरेभ्यः उद्भवाः’), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (to पितरः)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Chanting priests or devotees recite vedokta formulas; the pitṛs appear radiant and joyful, speaking blessings; sacred fire or water vessels indicate ritual precision.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Veda-aligned praise and ancestral hymns please the Pitṛs and open the way for divine response.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader chapter is a tīrtha-glorification context, but this verse does not name the site explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use of Veda-ukta (Vedic) formulas and Pitṛ-pleasing recitations—typical of śrāddha/tarpaṇa-oriented devotion.