Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

मया राघव तत्राऽस्ति स्थापितः प्रपितामहः । तस्याऽद्य दिवसे यात्रा बहुश्रेयःप्रदा स्मृता

Transliteration

mayā rāghava tatrā'sti sthāpitaḥ prapitāmahaḥ | tasyā'dya divase yātrā bahuśreyaḥpradā smṛtā

Translation

اے راغھو! وہاں میں نے پرپِتامہ (قدیم ترین پِتامہ) کی پرتیِشٹھا کی ہے۔ آج ہی کے دن اُن کی یاترا بہت سا کلیان اور پُنّیہ عطا کرنے والی سمجھی جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री/नपुं (त्रिलिङ्ग), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• राघव: O Rāghava
• राघव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• स्थापितः: installed/established
• स्थापितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच्; स्थापित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रपितामहः: great-grandfather (ancestor)
• प्रपितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• यात्रा: pilgrimage/ritual journey
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• बहुश्रेयःप्रदा: bestowing much merit
• बहुश्रेयःप्रदा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + श्रेयस् + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक); प्रदा = प्र + दा (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (बहुश्रेयसः प्रदा = giver of much merit)

• स्मृता: is remembered/considered
• स्मृता: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ (धातु); स्मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prapitāmaha/Pitāmaha-tīrtha (Brahmā installation-site)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāghava (Rāma) addressed by the speaker within the story

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like figure addresses Rāghava, pointing toward a sanctified spot where an ancient ‘Grandsire’ deity has been installed; the air suggests an auspicious festival-day pilgrimage.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Rāma
• Prabhāsa
• Prapitāmaha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (yātrā) to a sanctified स्थापना (consecrated sacred presence) is praised as a direct means to śreyas—worldly and spiritual well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context links to Prabhāsa and a specific installed sacred presence there, whose yātrā is said to grant abundant śreyas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā (devotional visit/pilgrimage) to the installed Prapitāmaha on that day is recommended as highly merit-giving.