Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

इन्द्रादीनां च नेतारो दक्षमारीचयस्तया । तान्नमस्यामि सर्वान्वै पितॄंश्चैवौषधीस्तथा

Transliteration

indrādīnāṃ ca netāro dakṣamārīcayastayā | tānnamasyāmi sarvānvai pitṝṃścaivauṣadhīstathā

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าขอนอบน้อมแด่ผู้นำผู้เกี่ยวเนื่องกับพระอินทร์และหมู่เทพทั้งหลาย ตลอดจนสายสกุลดักษะและมรีจิ; ขอนอบน้อมแด่ปิตฤ—บรรพชนผู้ศักดิ์สิทธิ์—และแด่โอษธิ คือสมุนไพรอันเป็นมงคลด้วย

Word by Word

• इन्द्रादीनाम्: of Indra and others
• इन्द्रादीनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (इन्द्रः आदिः येषाम्)

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

• नेतारः: leaders
• नेतारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• दक्षमारीचयः: Dakṣa and Marīci
• दक्षमारीचयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + मारीच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (दक्षश्च मारीचश्च)

• तया: by her/thereby
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis/indeed)

• पितॄन्: the Pitṛs
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• एव: also/just
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• औषधीः: medicinal herbs
• औषधीः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषधी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa stands with folded hands, invoking Indra and the devas, the prajāpatis Dakṣa and Marīci, the Pitṛs, and the sacred medicinal herbs around the tīrtha; the landscape feels alive with subtle presences.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Dakṣa
• Marīci
• Pitṛs
• Auṣadhis (herbs)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha is cosmically connected: reverence extends from divine orders to ancestral seers and even sustaining forces like healing herbs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya these broad invocations are presented for rite-completeness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A comprehensive salutation invoking divine leaders, progenitor lineages (Dakṣa/Marīci), the Pitṛs, and auṣadhis—fit for recitation in Pitṛ rites.