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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पितरश्चात्र पूज्याश्च स्वर्गता ये च पूर्वजाः । पिंडांश्च निर्वपेत्तेषां प्राप्येमां मुक्तिदायिकाम्

Transliteration

pitaraścātra pūjyāśca svargatā ye ca pūrvajāḥ | piṃḍāṃśca nirvapetteṣāṃ prāpyemāṃ muktidāyikām

Translation

Di sini para Pitṛ wajib dimuliakan—para leluhur yang telah pergi ke svarga; dan setelah sampai ke tempat yang menganugerahkan mokṣa ini, hendaklah seseorang mempersembahkan piṇḍa kepada mereka menurut tatacara yang benar.

Word by Word
pitaraḥancestors
pitaraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
atrahere
atra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place: ‘here’)
pūjyāḥworthy of worship
pūjyāḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūjya (कृदन्त; √pūj पूज् ‘to honor’)
Formभूतव्य/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘worthy of worship’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
svargatāḥgone to heaven
svargatāḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvarga (प्रातिपदिक) + ta (कृदन्त; √gam गम् ‘to go’)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle sense: ‘gone to’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural); तत्पुरुष (‘gone to heaven’)
yewho
ye:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural); सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
pūrvajāḥforefathers/ancestors
pūrvajāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpūrvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)
piṇḍānrice-balls (piṇḍas)
piṇḍān:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpiṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
nirvapetshould offer/place (as oblation)
nirvapet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vap (वप्) with nir-
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)
teṣāmfor them/of them
teṣām:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive plural); सर्वनाम
prāpyahaving reached/obtained
prāpya:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprāpya (कृदन्त; √prāp प्राप्)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव
imāmthis
imām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular); सर्वनाम
mukti-dāyikāmliberation-giving
mukti-dāyikām:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmukti (प्रातिपदिक) + dāyikā (प्रातिपदिक; from √dā दा ‘to give’)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular); तत्पुरुष (‘giver of liberation’), विशेषण (qualifying imām)
Speaker

Vyāsa (continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmavāpī / muktidāyikā-sthāna (as described)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the water’s edge, a pilgrim offers rice-balls (piṇḍas) on darbha grass, with a small śrāddha setup; ancestral figures, luminous and calm, receive honor; the place is depicted as radiant, suggesting ‘muktidāyikā’.

Characters & Entities
P
Pitṛs
D
Dharmavāpī (implied)
D
Dharmāraṇya (context)

FAQs

Honoring ancestors through śrāddha offerings at a sacred site supports both ancestral welfare and the devotee’s spiritual progress.

The mukti-dāyikā (liberation-giving) site in this context is Dharmavāpī within Dharmāraṇya.

Piṇḍa offerings (piṇḍadāna) to forefathers, along with honoring the Pitṛs.

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