Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

पूजां पुष्टिं स्मृतिं मेधां राज्यमारोग्यमेव च । प्रीता नित्यं प्रयच्छन्ति मानुषाणां पितामहाः

Transliteration

pūjāṃ puṣṭiṃ smṛtiṃ medhāṃ rājyamārogyameva ca | prītā nityaṃ prayacchanti mānuṣāṇāṃ pitāmahāḥ

Translation

เมื่อปิตามหะคือบรรพชนแห่งมนุษย์ทั้งหลายพอพระทัย ย่อมประทานเป็นนิตย์ซึ่งเกียรติแห่งการบูชา ความอุดมบำรุง ความทรงจำ ปัญญา อำนาจราชย์ และความไม่มีโรคภัย

Word by Word

• पूजाम्: worship/honour
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पुष्टिम्: nourishment, prosperity
• पुष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्मृतिम्: memory
• स्मृतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मेधाम्: intelligence
• मेधाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• राज्यम्: kingdom, sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आरोग्यम्: health
• आरोग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरोग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रीताः: pleased
• प्रीताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (प्री धातु + क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘pleased’

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial accusative)

• प्रयच्छन्ति: grant, bestow
• प्रयच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम्/यच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative), तृतीयपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मानुषाणाम्: of humans
• मानुषाणाम्: Sampradana/Beneficiary (Genitive of relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• पितामहाः: forefathers, grandfathers (manes)
• पितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (pitṛ-prasāda focus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied interlocutor within the chapter’s dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ancestral figures (pitṛs) in subtle luminous form above a śrāddha altar, extending blessings toward a householder; offerings of rice-balls, tila-water, and lamps; the recipient’s mind depicted with symbols of memory and intelligence (scripture, lamp).

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha (Ancestors)
• Ārogya
• Medhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gratitude to ancestors is dharma that returns as stability of mind, body, and social well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śrāddha is portrayed as especially effective in pleasing the Pitṛs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: perform Śrāddha properly to please the Pitṛs and obtain these blessings.