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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यः श्राद्धं कुरुते तत्र पितॄनुद्दिश्य भक्तितः । स याति परमं स्थानं पितृभिः सह पुण्यभाक्

Transliteration

yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute tatra pitṝnuddiśya bhaktitaḥ | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha puṇyabhāk

Translation

അവിടെ പിതൃങ്ങളെ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ച് ഭക്തിയോടെ ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ പുണ്യവാനായി പിതൃകളോടൊപ്പം പരമസ്ഥാനത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കും।

Word by Word
यःwho (he)
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, nominative singular
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular
कुरुतेperforms
कुरुते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; Present, 3rd person singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; स्थानवाचक
पितॄन्the ancestors
पितॄन्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural
उद्दिश्यintending/dedicating to
उद्दिश्य:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद्+दिश् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (gerund); 'having intended/addressing'
भक्तितःout of devotion
भक्तितः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); 'from/with devotion'
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
यातिgoes
याति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present, 3rd person singular
परमम्supreme
परमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; विशेषणम् (स्थानम्)
स्थानम्abode/place
स्थानम्:
Gati/Karma (Goal/गति)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (goal)
पितृभिःwith the ancestors
पितृभिः:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (in sense of accompaniment)
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सहार्थक उपसर्गसदृश (preposition/particle of accompaniment)
पुण्यभाक्partaker of merit
पुण्यभाक्:
Karta (Predicate noun/adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य+भाज् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पुण्यं भजते/भागी)
Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as pitṛ-kārya tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience within the māhātmya dialogue frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a clean river/kuṇḍa bank within Prabhāsa, a householder sits facing south, offering piṇḍa and water with kuśa grass; a priest guides; faint, benevolent ancestral figures appear in the background receiving offerings.

Characters & Entities
P
Pitṛs

FAQs

Devotional performance of śrāddha at a sanctified place uplifts both the performer and the Pitṛs, yielding high spiritual attainment.

The same Prabhāsa Kṣetra tīrtha-region described in Adhyāya 68, where śrāddha is declared especially fruitful.

Performing śrāddha dedicated to one’s ancestors (pitṝn uddiśya) with bhakti.

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