Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 118

Devanagari script

अमूर्तानां च मूर्तानां पितॄणां दीप्ततेजसाम् । नमस्यामि सदा तेषां ध्यायिनां दिव्यचक्षुषाम्

Transliteration

amūrtānāṃ ca mūrtānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ dīptatejasām | namasyāmi sadā teṣāṃ dhyāyināṃ divyacakṣuṣām

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าขอนอบน้อมอยู่เสมอแด่เหล่าปิตฤ ทั้งผู้ไร้รูปและผู้มีรูป ผู้รุ่งเรืองด้วยเดชอันโชติช่วง ผู้ดำรงสมาธิ และผู้มีทิพยจักษุ

Word by Word

• अमूर्तानाम्: of the formless
• अमूर्तानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मूर्तानाम्: of the embodied
• मूर्तानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पितॄणाम्: of the Pitṛs (ancestors)
• पितॄणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दीप्ततेजसाम्: of radiant splendor
• दीप्ततेजसाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (दीप्तं तेजः येषाम्)

• नमस्यामि: I bow (I pay homage)
• नमस्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमानकालः), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• ध्यायिनाम्: of the meditators
• ध्यायिनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यायिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ध्यै-धातोः कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि-णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun: meditators)

• दिव्यचक्षुषाम्: of those with divine sight
• दिव्यचक्षुषाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (दिव्यं चक्षुः येषाम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/householders performing pitṛ rites

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Radiant pitṛs depicted in two registers: subtle formless light-forms and dignified embodied ancestor figures, all with ‘divine sight’ (bright eyes), seated in meditation; the devotee bows below with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestors are envisioned as spiritually luminous beings; reverence to them is a path of gratitude and dharmic continuity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya frames these Pitṛ-invocations as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional salutation (stuti) to Pitṛs, suitable for recitation within Śrāddha and Pitṛ rites.