Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

एवं कृते द्विजश्रेष्ठाः कृतकृत्यो भवेन्नरः । मुक्तिं प्रयांति तस्यैव पितरस्त्रिकुलोद्भवाः

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛte dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ kṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ | muktiṃ prayāṃti tasyaiva pitarastrikulodbhavāḥ

Translation

เมื่อกระทำดังนี้แล้ว โอ้ทวิชผู้ประเสริฐ บุรุษย่อมเป็นผู้สำเร็จหน้าที่ (กฤตกฤตยะ); และบรรพชนของเขาอันเกิดจากสามสายตระกูลย่อมบรรลุโมกษะ

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थे (thus/in this manner)

• कृते: when (it is) done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; कृ धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; लोके/सति-सप्तमी (when this is done)

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे (vocative sense)

• कृतकृत्यः: one who has fulfilled his duty
• कृतकृत्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतकृत्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + कृत्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नरः)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• प्रयान्ति: attain/go to
• प्रयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

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

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/only)

• पितरः: ancestors/fathers
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्ता

• त्रिकुलोद्भवाः: born in three generations/three lineages
• त्रिकुलोद्भवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिकुलोद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + कुल + उद्भव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (पितरः)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After completing the prescribed gift/rite, the donor stands with folded hands; subtle luminous forms of ancestors rise upward, freed, while brāhmaṇas bless the pilgrim beside the tīrtha waters.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Mukti (liberation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right performance of śrāddha and dāna is portrayed as a duty that uplifts both the doer and the ancestral lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is linked to the Cakratīrtha-centered rites described in this Dvārakā Māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Complete the prescribed śrāddha and associated dānas; the stated fruit is ancestral satisfaction and liberation.