Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ये पितॄंस्तर्पयिष्यंति कर्दमाले वरानने । आकल्पं तर्पितास्तेन भविष्यंति न संशयः

Transliteration

ye pitṝṃstarpayiṣyaṃti kardamāle varānane | ākalpaṃ tarpitāstena bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

कर्दमालायां वरानने ये पितॄंस्तर्पयिष्यन्ति, तेन ते पितरः आकल्पं तृप्ताः भविष्यन्ति—न संशयः।

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (relative pronoun)

• pitṝn: the ancestors
• pitṝn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्

• tarpayiṣyanti: will satisfy/offer (libations to)
• tarpayiṣyanti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tṛp (तर्पणे/तृप्तौ) णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; णिजन्तः (to satisfy/offer libations)

• kardamāle: in Kardamāla (muddy place/holy spot)
• kardamāle: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kardama-āla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-एकवचनम्; अधिकरणम्; 'कर्दमस्य आलः/आलयः' इति (place of mud) तत्पुरुषभावः

• varānane: O fair-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara-ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-एकवचनम्

• ā-kalpam: until the end of a kalpa
• ā-kalpam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) उपसर्गवत् आ- (अव्ययीभावार्थे)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; 'आकल्पम्' = कल्पपर्यन्तम् (until the end of an aeon)

• tarpitāḥ: will be satisfied
• tarpitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tarpita (कृदन्त, √tṛp तर्पणे; कर्मणि)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्; 'ते' (ye) इति सह; (having been satisfied)

• tena: by that (act)
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-एकवचनम्; करण/हेतु (by that/thereby)

• bhaviṣyanti: will be
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भवने)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• na: no/not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; 'न' इति सह वाक्यांशः

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kardamālā

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a sacred water-edge offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; the Goddess addressed as witness; subtle presence of pitṛs receiving offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Kardamālā
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to one’s ancestors (pitṛ-dharma) performed at a praised tīrtha yields extraordinary and enduring spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kardamālā-tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa region) is being extolled.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa—offering water/libations to the ancestors at Kardamālā.