Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यः पुनः कुरुते श्राद्धं तस्य वंशो न नश्यति । न प्रेतो जायते राजन्वंशे तस्य कदाचन

Transliteration

yaḥ punaḥ kurute śrāddhaṃ tasya vaṃśo na naśyati | na preto jāyate rājanvaṃśe tasya kadācana

Translation

ยิ่งกว่านั้น ผู้ใดประกอบศราทธะ (śrāddha) วงศ์สกุลของผู้นั้นย่อมไม่เสื่อมสูญ โอ้พระราชา ในตระกูลของเขาย่อมไม่ปรากฏ ‘เปรต’ เลยในกาลใดๆ

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• पुनः: again; moreover
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कुरुते: does; performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him; his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वंशः: lineage; family line
• वंशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• नश्यति: perishes; is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• प्रेतः: a departed spirit; preta
• प्रेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जायते: is born; arises
• जायते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• वंशे: in the lineage
• वंशे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him; his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कदाचन: ever; at any time
• कदाचन: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context continuing into Adhyāya 6:1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha rite at a tīrtha bank: darbha grass, piṇḍas, water offerings, brāhmaṇas seated; the performer prays for lineage protection and freedom from preta-state.

Characters & Entities

• Preta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha is upheld as a central duty that sustains ancestral welfare and stabilizes one’s lineage through dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha in Arbuda Khaṇḍa where śrāddha is recommended; the verse ties tīrtha-based śrāddha to enduring family prosperity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of śrāddha (ancestral offerings/rites), implying pitṛ-tarpaṇa and associated observances.