Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

पितृमेधफलं तेषामशेषं च भविष्यति । तथा शत्रुक्षयो राजन्वासः स्वर्गेषु चाक्षयः

Transliteration

pitṛmedhaphalaṃ teṣāmaśeṣaṃ ca bhaviṣyati | tathā śatrukṣayo rājanvāsaḥ svargeṣu cākṣayaḥ

Translation

ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਿਤ੍ਰ-ਮੇਧ ਯਜ੍ਞਾਂ ਦਾ ਪੂਰਾ ਤੇ ਅਖੰਡ ਫਲ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ; ਅਤੇ ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ, ਸ਼ਤ੍ਰੂਆਂ ਦਾ ਨਾਸ ਤੇ ਸਵਰਗ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਵਿਨਾਸ਼ੀ ਨਿਵਾਸ ਵੀ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ।

Word by Word

• pitṛ-medha-phalam: the fruit of the pitṛ-medha (ancestral rite)
• pitṛ-medha-phalam: Karta/Pratijñā (Subject/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + medha (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—पितॄणां मेधः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + तस्य फलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

• aśeṣam: entire, without remainder
• aśeṣam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhaviṣyati: will be / will occur
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘likewise’)

• śatru-kṣayaḥ: destruction of enemies
• śatru-kṣayaḥ: Karta/Pratijñā (Subject/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatru (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—शत्रूणां क्षयः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• vāsaḥ: dwelling, residence
• vāsaḥ: Karta/Pratijñā (Subject/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• svargeṣu: in heavens
• svargeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• akṣayaḥ: imperishable, unending
• akṣayaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Śiva (continuing the boon/praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (addressed as rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king is addressed with a phala-śruti: devotees performing pitṛ-rites at a radiant coastal tīrtha receive complete pitṛmedha fruit, enemies fall away, and a shining path to imperishable svarga opens.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Rāmatīrtha
• King (rājan, addressee within the narration)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to ancestors at a sanctified tīrtha is portrayed as both spiritually elevating and socially protective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmatīrtha, where śrāddha is said to yield complete pitṛ-rite merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied rite is śrāddha for pitṛs at the tīrtha, with stated results (phala) for the performer.