Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

अथ भुक्तेषु विप्रेषु कृत पिंडप्रदानके । आगता जानकी सीता यत्र रामो व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

atha bhukteṣu vipreṣu kṛta piṃḍapradānake | āgatā jānakī sītā yatra rāmo vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

ତାପରେ ବିପ୍ରମାନେ ଭୋଜନ ସମାପ୍ତ କରି ଏବଂ ପିଣ୍ଡପ୍ରଦାନ କର୍ମ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହେବା ପରେ, ଯେଉଁଠାରେ ରାମ ବସିଥିଲେ ସେଠାକୁ ଜାନକୀ ସୀତା ଆସିଲେ।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse connector (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then)

• भुक्तेषु: when (they) had eaten
• भुक्तेषु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle) सप्तमी-बहुवचन; लोके सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• विप्रेषु: among the Brahmins
• विप्रेषु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; भुक्तेषु इत्यनेन सह सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः

• कृते: when (it) was done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; लोके सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• पिण्ड-प्रदानके: in the offering of piṇḍas (funeral balls)
• पिण्ड-प्रदानके: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड + प्रदानक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पिण्डस्य प्रदानकम्)

• आगता: came
• आगता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जानकी: Jānakī
• जानकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सीता इति समानाधिकरणम्

• सीता: Sītā
• सीता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana marker (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• व्यवस्थितः: was stationed/was present
• व्यवस्थितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Īśvara/Śiva in this adhyāya’s framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas finish their meal seated on kusa mats; ritual plates and water pots are set aside; the piṇḍa offering area shows remnants of sesame and rice balls; Sītā arrives, approaching the seated Rāma.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā (Jānakī)
• Rāma
• Brāhmaṇas
• Piṇḍa-pradāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha is fulfilled through both hospitality (feeding brāhmaṇas) and the formal ancestral offering (piṇḍa-pradāna).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where piṇḍa offerings are presented as especially meritorious within the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Piṇḍa-pradāna and feeding brāhmaṇas as integral components of śrāddha.