Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यस्ययस्य च योऽन्यत्र योनिं प्राप्नोति मानवः । तत्रस्थस्तृप्तिमाप्नोति यद्दत्तं तस्य वंशजैः

Transliteration

yasyayasya ca yo'nyatra yoniṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | tatrasthastṛptimāpnoti yaddattaṃ tasya vaṃśajaiḥ

Translation

มนุษย์ผู้นั้นจะไปบังเกิดในครรภ์หรือโลกใด ณ ที่อื่นก็ตาม เมื่อสถิตอยู่ที่นั่น ย่อมได้รับความอิ่มเอมจากเครื่องบูชาที่บรรดาลูกหลานของตนถวายให้

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular

• यस्य: of each (one)
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular (repetition for distributive sense)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• योनिम्: womb/birth-state
• योनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘attains’

• मानवः: a person/human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• स्थः: being there/remaining there
• स्थः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + स्थ (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (स्थित/स्थ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — agreeing with मानवः; ‘being situated’

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction/contentment
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• आप्नोति: obtains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘obtains’

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — relative pronoun used with दत्तम्

• दत्तम्: given/offered
• दत्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + दत्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘given’; with यत्

• तस्य: of him/of that person
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular

• वंशजैः: by descendants
• वंशजैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंशज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — instrumental plural

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña (continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A multi-realm tableau: descendants offering piṇḍa and water at an altar; above, the departed receiving subtle nourishment in a different realm/womb, connected by a luminous thread of lineage.

Characters & Entities

• Descendants (vaṃśaja)
• Yoni (rebirth-state)
• Offerings (dāna/śrāddha context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lineage offerings are spiritually efficacious beyond visible worlds; dharmic giving bridges realms and births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supports the ritual theology within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies the continued value of śrāddha/dāna by descendants, stating that such offerings satisfy the departed wherever they are reborn.