Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

पितॄनुद्दिश्य पिंडानां दातारो येऽत्र गालव । स्वर्गं प्रयांति ते सर्वे पितरश्चापि तर्प्पिताः

Transliteration

pitṝnuddiśya piṃḍānāṃ dātāro ye'tra gālava | svargaṃ prayāṃti te sarve pitaraścāpi tarppitāḥ

Translation

Wahai Gālava, sesiapa yang di sini mempersembahkan piṇḍa dengan niat untuk para Pitṛ, semuanya akan menuju ke syurga, dan para leluhur juga menjadi puas serta tenteram.

Word by Word

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄन्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• उद्दिश्य: having intended/with reference to
• उद्दिश्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्-√दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग), अव्यय; ‘having addressed/with reference to’

• पिण्डानाम्: of the piṇḍa-offerings
• पिण्डानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• दातारः: givers
• दातारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• गालव: O Gālava
• गालव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Gati/Karman (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रयान्ति: go/attain
• प्रयान्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of ‘ते’)

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipāta (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/indeed)

• तर्प्पिताः: (are) satisfied/propitiated
• तर्प्पिताः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √तृप् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘having been satisfied/propitiated’

Speaker

Viṣṇu (implied; addressing Gālava)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (contextually at Dharmapuṣkariṇī)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard Sūta frame; not named in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene tīrtha-bank where a devotee offers rice-balls (piṇḍas) with kuśa grass and water-libations; subtle presence of satisfied Pitṛs receiving the offering; sacred water glows with tīrtha-tejas.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Pitṛs
• Piṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes responsibility to one’s ancestors; tīrtha-based offerings are said to uplift both giver and Pitṛs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Setukhaṇḍa sacred site—Cakratīrtha/Dharmapuṣkariṇī—where piṇḍa offerings are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Piṇḍa-dāna dedicated to the Pitṛs (ancestral offering), resulting in svarga for the performer and tarpaṇa for ancestors.