Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यः श्राद्धं कुरुते तत्र पितॄनुद्दिश्य भक्तितः । स याति परमं स्थानं पितृभिः सह पुण्यभाक्

Transliteration

yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute tatra pitṝnuddiśya bhaktitaḥ | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha puṇyabhāk

Translation

ผู้ใดประกอบศราทธ์ (śrāddha) ณ ที่นั้นด้วยภักติ อุทิศแด่ปิตฤ (บรรพชน) ผู้นั้นผู้มีบุญย่อมไปสู่สถานอันสูงสุดพร้อมกับบรรพชน

Word by Word

• यः: who (he)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, nominative singular

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• कुरुते: performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; Present, 3rd person singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक

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

• उद्दिश्य: intending/dedicating to
• उद्दिश्य: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्+दिश् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (gerund); 'having intended/addressing'

• भक्तितः: out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); 'from/with devotion'

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present, 3rd person singular

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; विशेषणम् (स्थानम्)

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (goal)

• पितृभिः: with the ancestors
• पितृभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (in sense of accompaniment)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपसर्गसदृश (preposition/particle of accompaniment)

• पुण्यभाक्: partaker of merit
• पुण्यभाक्: Karta (Predicate noun/adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य+भाज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पुण्यं भजते/भागी)

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as pitṛ-kārya tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience within the māhātmya dialogue frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a clean river/kuṇḍa bank within Prabhāsa, a householder sits facing south, offering piṇḍa and water with kuśa grass; a priest guides; faint, benevolent ancestral figures appear in the background receiving offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional performance of śrāddha at a sanctified place uplifts both the performer and the Pitṛs, yielding high spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Prabhāsa Kṣetra tīrtha-region described in Adhyāya 68, where śrāddha is declared especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha dedicated to one’s ancestors (pitṝn uddiśya) with bhakti.