Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

फलिता ये प्रदृश्यंते प्राप्यांश्चापि मनोरमाः । तत्फलानि वयं सर्वे गृह्णीमः पितरो यदि

Transliteration

phalitā ye pradṛśyaṃte prāpyāṃścāpi manoramāḥ | tatphalāni vayaṃ sarve gṛhṇīmaḥ pitaro yadi

Translation

ഇവിടെ കാണുന്ന മനോഹരവും പൂർണ്ണമായി പഴുത്തതുമായ ഫലങ്ങൾ എളുപ്പത്തിൽ ലഭ്യമെന്നുപോലെ തോന്നുന്നു; അയ്യോ, ഞങ്ങൾ പിതൃകൾ എല്ലാവരും അവ കൈക്കൊള്ളാനായിരുന്നെങ്കിൽ!

Word by Word

• phalitāḥ: fruit-bearing
• phalitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phalita (फल्-धातु/फल-प्रातिपदिक, क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (having fruits)

• ye: which/who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• pradṛśyante: are seen/appear
• pradṛśyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• prāpyān: obtainable
• prāpyān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpya (प्र-आप्/प्र-√āp धातु, यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘प्राप्य’ = प्राप्तव्य/obtainable

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• manoramāḥ: delightful
• manoramāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manorama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• tat-phalāni: those fruits
• tat-phalāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘तस्य फलानि’

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• gṛhṇīmaḥ: we take
• gṛhṇīmaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• pitaraḥ: O fathers/ancestors
• pitaraḥ: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative-like address in context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestors), speaking collectively

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lekhā-nadī (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame, not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pitṛs gaze at branches heavy with ripe, glowing fruits; their hands extend but hesitate, expressing yearning and helplessness amid celestial beauty.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid abundance, the Pitṛs depend on dharmic offerings (śrāddha/tarpaṇa) rather than personal enjoyment—highlighting intergenerational duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but this specific line does not name a particular tīrtha in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this line; it implicitly points toward śrāddha/tarpaṇa as the means by which Pitṛs receive benefit.