Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

मनुष्याश्चैव योगीन्द्राः पितरः सपितामहाः । अस्माहकेऽत्र तिष्ठन्ति सर्व एव न संशयः

Transliteration

manuṣyāścaiva yogīndrāḥ pitaraḥ sapitāmahāḥ | asmāhake'tra tiṣṭhanti sarva eva na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

یہاں انسان بھی بستے ہیں اور یوگ کے عظیم سردار یوگیندر بھی؛ نیز پِتر (آباء) اپنے پِتامہ (دادا) سمیت۔ یہ سب ہمارے ہی لیے یہاں ٹھہرے ہیں؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• मनुष्याः: men, human beings
• मनुष्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

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

• योगीन्द्राः: lords among yogis
• योगीन्द्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगीन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—योगिनाम् इन्द्राः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पितरः: fathers/ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सपितामहाः: together with grandfathers
• सपितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—सहिताः पितामहाः (स-उपपदपूर्वकः कर्मधारय)

• अस्माहके: in/at ours (our place/side)
• अस्माहके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्माहक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; ‘अस्मदीय’ अर्थे (belonging to us)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand, remain, stay
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

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

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

• न: not, no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yodhanīpura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a king (nṛpa) implied by nearby vocatives

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred riverside/kshetra vista where living pilgrims offer water and sesame; behind them, subtle luminous forms of pitṛs and ascetic yogins stand in attendance, suggesting an unseen congregation.

Characters & Entities

• Yogīndras
• Pitṛs
• Pitāmahas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sites support both the living and the ancestral realms; they are presented as meeting-points where dharma benefits generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-setting, implicitly connected to rites benefiting Pitṛs, in the context of Yodhanīpura.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated, but the mention of Pitṛs strongly implies Śrāddha/tarpaṇa suitability at this sacred locale.