Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

पितुः पितामहोऽन्यस्य तृतीयस्य रघूत्तम । त्रयाणां च तथान्येषां त्रयोऽन्ये नृपसंनिभाः

Transliteration

pituḥ pitāmaho'nyasya tṛtīyasya raghūttama | trayāṇāṃ ca tathānyeṣāṃ trayo'nye nṛpasaṃnibhāḥ

Translation

హే రఘూత్తమా, నేను నీ తండ్రి పితామహుడిని కూడా చూశాను; అలాగే మరొకరి పితామహుడిని—అలా మూడవవారినీ. ఆ ముగ్గురితో పాటు మరి ముగ్గురు రాజసమాన కాంతితో దర్శనమిచ్చారు.

Word by Word

• pituḥ: of the father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• pitāmahaḥ: grandfather
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anyasya: of another
• anyasya: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tṛtīyasya: of the third
• tṛtīyasya: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• raghūttama: O best of the Raghus
• raghūttama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghu (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (raghoḥ uttamaḥ)

• trayāṇām: of the three
• trayāṇām: Sambandha (Of the three/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: 'so/likewise')

• anyeṣām: of others
• anyeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• trayaḥ: three (persons)
• trayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• anye: other
• anye: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• nṛpa-saṃnibhāḥ: resembling kings
• nṛpa-saṃnibhāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃnibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (nṛpeṇa saṃnibhāḥ = king-like)

Speaker

Unspecified female speaker within the narrative (context suggests Sītā speaking to Rāma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Raghūttama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau: behind brāhmaṇas appear successive elder figures—father, grandfather, great-grandfather—then additional three ‘king-like’ radiant presences, arranged in tiers like a genealogical mandala.

Characters & Entities

• Raghūttama (Rāma)
• pitṛ/forefathers
• nṛpa (kings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse emphasizes reverence for lineage and the reality of pitṛs, whose presence can be perceived through the merit and sanctity of a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha context is implied, but the specific site name is not given in the provided excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct instruction appears; it continues the account of ancestral manifestations.