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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

दश वर्षाणि पञ्चैव तृप्तिं यांति पितामहः । पिंडदानेन दत्तेन पितॄणां तुष्टिमावहेत् । नरके तु स्थितानां च मुक्तिर्भूयान्न संशयः

Transliteration

daśa varṣāṇi pañcaiva tṛptiṃ yāṃti pitāmahaḥ | piṃḍadānena dattena pitṝṇāṃ tuṣṭimāvahet | narake tu sthitānāṃ ca muktirbhūyānna saṃśayaḥ

Translation

บรรพชนย่อมได้รับความอิ่มเอมยาวนานสิบกับห้าปี คือสิบห้าปี ด้วยการถวายปิณฑะย่อมนำความพอใจแก่เหล่าปิตฤ; แม้ผู้ที่ตกอยู่ในนรกก็ยังได้ความหลุดพ้นอย่างยิ่ง—ปราศจากข้อสงสัย

Word by Word
दशten
दश:
Karma (Measure/कर्म-परिमाण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural) (वर्षाणि इति विशेष्यस्य)
वर्षाणिyears
वर्षाणि:
Karma (Extent/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
Karma (Measure/कर्म-परिमाण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural) (वर्षाणि इति विशेष्यस्य)
एवindeed, just
एव:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)
तृप्तिम्satisfaction
तृप्तिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
यान्तिattain, go to
यान्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद
पितामहाःgrandfathers/forefathers
पितामहाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
पिंडदानेनby the offering of piṇḍa (funeral rice-ball)
पिंडदानेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पिण्डस्य दानम्)
दत्तेनgiven, offered
दत्तेन:
Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करणविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); पिंडदानेन इति विशेषण
पितॄणाम्of the ancestors
पितॄणाम्:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
तुष्टिम्pleasure, contentment
तुष्टिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
आवहेत्would bring about, should cause
आवहेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
नरकेin hell
नरके:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनरक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
तुbut, indeed
तु:
Sambandha/Discourse (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक निपात (contrastive particle)
स्थितानाम्of those who are situated (staying)
स्थितानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle) ‘स्थित’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)
मुक्तिःliberation
मुक्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
भूयात्may be, would occur
भूयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
नnot
न:
Sambandha/Negation (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing the fruit of the rite described)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (śrāddha-tīrtha context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa offers rice-balls (piṇḍas) on darbha near a sacred water-edge; subtle ancestral figures receive the offering, with a distant vision of naraka dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities
P
Pitṛs
N
Naraka
P
Piṇḍadāna
M
Mahākuṇḍa (implied by prior verse)

FAQs

Compassion extends beyond the living: honoring ancestors through piṇḍadāna is portrayed as a powerful dharmic act with far-reaching spiritual relief.

The Mahākuṇḍa/associated tīrtha-zone in Prabhāsakṣetra, where bathing and ancestral offerings yield extraordinary merit.

Piṇḍadāna (ancestral rice-ball offering), connected with snāna and tarpaṇa at the Mahākuṇḍa, granting long-lasting Pitṛ satisfaction and even release for those in naraka.

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