Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पितरश्चात्र पूज्याश्च स्वर्गता ये च पूर्वजाः । पिंडांश्च निर्वपेत्तेषां प्राप्येमां मुक्तिदायिकाम्

Transliteration

pitaraścātra pūjyāśca svargatā ye ca pūrvajāḥ | piṃḍāṃśca nirvapetteṣāṃ prāpyemāṃ muktidāyikām

Translation

یہاں پِتر قابلِ پوجا ہیں—وہ سب پیش رو اجداد جو سُوَرگ کو گئے۔ اس مُکتی بخش مقام تک پہنچ کر ان کے لیے विधی کے مطابق پِنڈ نذر کرنا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• pitaraḥ: ancestors
• pitaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

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

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place: ‘here’)

• pūjyāḥ: worthy of worship
• pūjyāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (कृदन्त; √pūj पूज् ‘to honor’)
• Form: भूतव्य/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘worthy of worship’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

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

• svargatāḥ: gone to heaven
• svargatāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + ta (कृदन्त; √gam गम् ‘to go’)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle sense: ‘gone to’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural); तत्पुरुष (‘gone to heaven’)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural); सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

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

• pūrvajāḥ: forefathers/ancestors
• pūrvajāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• piṇḍān: rice-balls (piṇḍas)
• piṇḍān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural)

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

• nirvapet: should offer/place (as oblation)
• nirvapet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vap (वप्) with nir-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• teṣām: for them/of them
• teṣām: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive plural); सर्वनाम

• prāpya: having reached/obtained
• prāpya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prāpya (कृदन्त; √prāp प्राप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव

• imām: this
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular); सर्वनाम

• mukti-dāyikām: liberation-giving
• mukti-dāyikām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + dāyikā (प्रातिपदिक; from √dā दा ‘to give’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular); तत्पुरुष (‘giver of liberation’), विशेषण (qualifying imām)

Speaker

Vyāsa (continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmavāpī / muktidāyikā-sthāna (as described)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the water’s edge, a pilgrim offers rice-balls (piṇḍas) on darbha grass, with a small śrāddha setup; ancestral figures, luminous and calm, receive honor; the place is depicted as radiant, suggesting ‘muktidāyikā’.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Dharmavāpī (implied)
• Dharmāraṇya (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring ancestors through śrāddha offerings at a sacred site supports both ancestral welfare and the devotee’s spiritual progress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mukti-dāyikā (liberation-giving) site in this context is Dharmavāpī within Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Piṇḍa offerings (piṇḍadāna) to forefathers, along with honoring the Pitṛs.