Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

यावद्द्वादशवर्षाणि पितरश्च पितामहाः । तर्पिता नान्यमिच्छन्ति पुष्करे स्वकुलोद्भवे

Transliteration

yāvaddvādaśavarṣāṇi pitaraśca pitāmahāḥ | tarpitā nānyamicchanti puṣkare svakulodbhave

Translation

പന്ത്രണ്ടു വർഷം വരെ പിതാക്കളും പിതാമഹന്മാരും തർപ്പണത്താൽ തൃപ്തരായി മറ്റൊന്നും ആഗ്രഹിക്കുകയില്ല; പുഷ്കരത്തിൽ തങ്ങളുടെ തന്നെ വംശത്തിൽ ജനിച്ചവൻ തർപ്പണം ചെയ്താൽ അങ്ങനെ തന്നേ.

Word by Word

• yāvat: for as long as; up to
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधिवाचक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• dvādaśa-varṣāṇi: twelve years
• dvādaśa-varṣāṇi: Kāla (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु (द्वादश वर्षाणि) कालपरिमाणवाचक

• pitaraḥ: the fathers/ancestors
• pitaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• pitāmahāḥ: the grandfathers
• pitāmahāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• tarpitāḥ: being satisfied (having been offered libations)
• tarpitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tarpita (कृदन्त, √tṛp/√tarp (धातु), क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; कर्तरि/कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘तृप्त/तर्पित’ अर्थे

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• anyam: anything else; another (thing)
• anyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश विशेषण/संज्ञा

• icchanti: they desire
• icchanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• puṣkare: at Puṣkara
• puṣkare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• sva-kulodbhave: in one’s own lineage-descendant (i.e., when a descendant of one’s family is there/acts)
• sva-kulodbhave: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + kulodbhava (प्रातिपदिक; kula + udbhava)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य कुलस्य उद्भवः)

Speaker

Unclear from snippet; Purāṇic narrator praising Puṣkara-tīrtha’s pitṛ-tarpaṇa power in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Puṣkara-tīrtha, a descendant offers tilodaka tarpaṇa with cupped hands; behind him, subtle ancestral figures (fathers and grandfathers) appear serene and satisfied, indicating a twelve-year boon.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Tarpaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestral satisfaction is a sacred duty; performed at an empowered tīrtha it brings enduring spiritual completion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara-tīrtha (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra as presented in this adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpaṇa for pitṛs at Puṣkara, especially performed by a descendant of the same lineage.