Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः । शोधनीयाः प्रयत्नेन त्रयश्चैतेऽपि तस्य च

Transliteration

pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ | śodhanīyāḥ prayatnena trayaścaite'pi tasya ca

Translation

Bapa, datuk, dan juga moyang (datuk kepada datuk)—ketiga-tiganya hendaklah diteliti dengan cermat serta disucikan dengan bersungguh-sungguh berhubung dengannya.

Word by Word

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Member of subject list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पितामहः: grandfather
• पितामहः: Karta (Member of subject list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphasis: indeed/just)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• प्रपितामहः: great-grandfather
• प्रपितामहः: Karta (Member of subject list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शोधनीयाः: to be purified
• शोधनीयाः: Karya/vidheya (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुध्/शोध् (धातु) + अनीय (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (अनीयर्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be purified)

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort
• प्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• तस्य: of him/of that person
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic depiction of three ancestral figures behind the devotee (father, grandfather, great-grandfather) rendered as dignified elders; brāhmaṇas perform a preparatory rite with kuśa and water, indicating purification across generations.

Characters & Entities

• pitā
• pitāmaha
• prapitāmaha
• śodhana (purification/verification)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and dharma are linked with responsibility to one’s ancestral line and careful ritual procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears here; the verse is procedural within a tīrtha-mahātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Paternal ancestors up to three generations are to be included in śodhana (purificatory verification).