Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

येऽत्र श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वंति पिंडदानपुरःसरम् । तेषामत्राक्षया तृप्तिः पितॄणामुपजायते

Transliteration

ye'tra śrāddhaṃ prakurvaṃti piṃḍadānapuraḥsaram | teṣāmatrākṣayā tṛptiḥ pitṝṇāmupajāyate

Translation

ଯେମାନେ ଏଠାରେ ପିଣ୍ଡଦାନକୁ ପ୍ରଧାନ କରି ଶ୍ରାଦ୍ଧ କରନ୍ତି, ସେମାନଙ୍କ ପିତୃମାନଙ୍କୁ ଏଠାରେ ଅକ୍ଷୟ ତୃପ୍ତି ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रकुर्वन्ति: perform
• प्रकुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• पिण्डदानपुरःसरम्: preceded by offering piṇḍas
• पिण्डदानपुरःसरम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—पिण्डदानं पुरः (पूर्वं) यस्य तत् (पुरःसर) ‘preceded by piṇḍa-offering’

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• अक्षया: imperishable
• अक्षया: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः; ‘imperishable’ (तृप्तिः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• उपजायते: arises/comes about
• उपजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Gomatī-tīra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the Gomatī’s sacred bank at Dvārakā, a devotee performs śrāddha: kuśa grass, water-vessel, sesame, and rice piṇḍas offered toward the south; subtle ancestral figures appear satisfied, receiving the offerings as light.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Piṇḍadāna
• Pitṛs
• Dvārakā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When ancestral rites are performed in a supremely sacred place, the benefit to the Pitṛs is described as akṣaya—unfailing and enduring.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘here’ refers to the Dvārakā sacred domain described in Dvārakā Māhātmya, renowned for Pitṛ-related merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha with piṇḍadāna as the leading component; the promised result is akṣayā tṛpti for the ancestors.