Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

ततः पितृभ्यः पिंडानां दातापि न भवेद्ध्रुवम् । अतः कृपां कुरुष्व त्वमस्मासु भगवन्मुने

Transliteration

tataḥ pitṛbhyaḥ piṃḍānāṃ dātāpi na bhaveddhruvam | ataḥ kṛpāṃ kuruṣva tvamasmāsu bhagavanmune

Translation

แล้วแน่นอนจักไม่มีผู้ใดถวายปิณฑะบูชาแก่บรรพชนอีก ดังนั้น ข้าแต่พระมุนีผู้ควรบูชา โปรดเมตตาแก่พวกเราด้วยเถิด

Word by Word

• ततः: therefore/then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'therefore/from that')

• पितृभ्यः: to the ancestors
• पितृभ्यः: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (4th/Dative), बहुवचनम्

• पिण्डानाम्: of the funeral offerings (piṇḍas)
• पिण्डानाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• दाता: giver
• दाता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dātṛ (कृदन्त; √dā धातु)
• Form: कर्तृवाचक-तृच् (agent noun), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तं नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-प्रथमा/द्वितीया रूपम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (causal/ablatival: 'therefore')

• कृपाम्: compassion
• कृपाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• कुरुष्व: do/show
• कुरुष्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुषः (2nd person), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• अस्मासु: towards us/in us
• अस्मासु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• भगवन्: O venerable one
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Yajñadeva (addressing Durvāsā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The petitioner explicitly mentions piṇḍa-offerings; hands folded, eyes moist; the sage is the axis of hope.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is portrayed as intergenerational: descendants sustain ancestral rites, linking family duty with spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-area tīrthas are the context; the explicit tīrtha is named in later verses as Śrī-Rāma-dhanuṣ-koṭi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Piṇḍa offerings (piṇḍa-dāna) to pitṛs are referenced as a crucial rite dependent on the son’s survival.