Shloka 286

Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda

Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity

Devanagari script

पितृणां त्रिषु सर्वेषां निरुक्त कथितं त्वया । देवदूतने पूछा--पितृगण! आपलोगोंने क्रमश: पिण्डोंका विभाग बतलाया और तीनों लोकोंमें जो समस्त पितर हैं, उनको पिण्डदान करनेका शास्त्रोक्त प्रकार भी बतला दिया

Transliteration

pitṝṇāṃ triṣu sarveṣāṃ niruktaṃ kathitaṃ tvayā |

Translation

ଦେବଦୂତ କହିଲେ—ପିତୃଗଣ! ତିନି ଲୋକରେ ଥିବା ସମସ୍ତ ପିତୃମାନଙ୍କ ବିଷୟରେ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୋକ୍ତ ବ୍ୟାଖ୍ୟା ଆପଣମାନେ ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟ କରିଛନ୍ତି। ଏବଂ କ୍ରମଶଃ ପିଣ୍ଡର ବିଭାଗ ଓ ପିଣ୍ଡଦାନର ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରବିଧି ମଧ୍ୟ କହିଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• पितृणाम्: of the Pitṛs (manes/ancestors)
• पितृणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• निरुक्तम्: explained/defined
• निरुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• कथितम्: told/declared
• कथितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

देवदूत उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devadūta (divine messenger)
• Pitṛs (ancestral beings)
• Three worlds (trailokya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That ancestral duties (such as śrāddha and piṇḍa-offerings) should be learned and performed according to śāstra; correct articulation and orderly explanation of dharma is itself praised as a virtue.

What is happening in the narrative?

A divine messenger addresses the Pitṛs (or the instructing party) and acknowledges that the teaching about all Pitṛs across the three worlds has been properly explained—serving as a transition/affirmation within the discourse on śrāddha and piṇḍa-dāna.