Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यानि रत्नानि मेदिन्यां वाहनानि स्त्रियस्तथा । क्षिप्रं प्राप्नोति तत्सर्वं पितृभक्तस्तु मानवः

Transliteration

yāni ratnāni medinyāṃ vāhanāni striyastathā | kṣipraṃ prāpnoti tatsarvaṃ pitṛbhaktastu mānavaḥ

Translation

ഭൂമിയിലെ ഏതു രത്നങ്ങളായാലും, വാഹനങ്ങളായാലും, ഭാര്യാസൗഭാഗ്യമായാലും—പിതൃഭക്തനായ മനുഷ്യൻ അതെല്ലാം വേഗത്തിൽ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• यानि: whatever (things)
• यानि: Karma (Object set/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative)

• रत्नानि: jewels
• रत्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; यानि इति अप्पोजिशन

• मेदिन्याम्: on the earth
• मेदिन्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वाहनानि: vehicles
• वाहनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb), समुच्चयार्थ

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः—प्र

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वम् इति विशेषणसहितं कर्म

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत् इति विशेषणम्

• पितृभक्तः: devoted to the ancestors
• पितृभक्तः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ-भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; पितृ + भक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मानवः इति विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पितृषु भक्तः)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narration style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted householder offers śrāddha; from the subtle realm, Pitṛs bestow blessings that manifest as symbols—gems, a chariot/vehicle, and auspicious household prosperity—shown as dharmic boons rather than greed.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to the Pitṛs is said to bring swift worldly well-being alongside religious merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, the sacred landscape within which pitṛ-devotion is repeatedly celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-bhakti expressed through śrāddha and related observances (implied as the means to these fruits).