Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

पिंगेयं कृतपुण्या वै यस्याः पुत्रा महागुणाः । वेदवेदांगतत्त्वज्ञाः सर्वत्राभ्यर्चिता गुणैः

Transliteration

piṃgeyaṃ kṛtapuṇyā vai yasyāḥ putrā mahāguṇāḥ | vedavedāṃgatattvajñāḥ sarvatrābhyarcitā guṇaiḥ

Translation

ปิงคานี้แท้จริงเป็นผู้สั่งสมบุญ เพราะบุตรทั้งหลายของนางเปี่ยมด้วยคุณธรรมยิ่ง รู้แจ้งตัตตวะแห่งพระเวทและเวทางคะ และได้รับการสักการะทั่วทุกแห่งด้วยคุณความดี

Word by Word

• पिङ्गे: O Piṅgā (Piṅgeyā)
• पिङ्गे: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिङ्गा/पिङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative); एकवचन

• इयम्: this (woman)
• इयम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• कृत-पुण्या: meritorious (having performed merit)
• कृत-पुण्या: विधेय (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (प्रातिपदिक) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्मधारय (कृतं पुण्यं यस्याः/या) ‘having done merit’

• वै: indeed
• वै: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• यस्याः: whose
• यस्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (relative genitive)

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• महा-गुणाः: of great virtues
• महा-गुणाः: विशेषण (Adjective of ‘putrāḥ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (महान्तः गुणाः येषां ते)

• वेद-वेदाङ्ग-तत्त्वज्ञाः: knowers of the truths of the Veda and Vedāṅgas
• वेद-वेदाङ्ग-तत्त्वज्ञाः: विशेषण (Adjective of ‘putrāḥ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + वेदाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (वेदस्य च वेदाङ्गस्य च तत्त्वं जानन्ति)

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: अधिकरण (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (adverb)

• अभ्यर्चिताः: are worshipped/honoured
• अभ्यर्चिताः: कर्मणि-क्रिया/विधेय (Predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + अर्च् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (passive)

• गुणैः: by (their) virtues
• गुणैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

Speaker

Aitareya’s mother

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Piṅgā stands with composed dignity; her sons, radiant and scholarly, hold palm-leaf manuscripts and Vedic implements; people offer respectful salutations.

Characters & Entities

• Piṅgā
• Veda
• Vedāṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puṇya and dharma are portrayed as yielding visible fruits—learning, virtue, and social honor—especially through children devoted to Vedic truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse praises Vedic and Vedāṅga knowledge.