Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

प्रेतयोनिं गता ये च ये च कीटत्वमागताः । सर्वे ते मुक्तिमायांति पितरस्त्रिकुलोद्भवाः

Transliteration

pretayoniṃ gatā ye ca ye ca kīṭatvamāgatāḥ | sarve te muktimāyāṃti pitarastrikulodbhavāḥ

Translation

جو پِتَر بھوت یَونی میں جا پڑے ہیں اور جو کیڑے کی حالت کو پہنچ گئے ہیں—تینوں نسلوں سے وابستہ وہ سب پِتَر نجات (مُکتی) کو پہنچتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• प्रेतयोनिम्: the preta-state (ghostly birth)
• प्रेतयोनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेतयोनि (प्रातिपदिक) = प्रेत + योनि
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative ‘the state/womb of a preta’

• गताः: having gone (to)
• गताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; PPP ‘gone/entered’

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; relative pronoun ‘those who’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात; conjunction ‘and’

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; relative pronoun ‘those who’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात; conjunction ‘and’

• कीटत्वम्: the state of being an insect
• कीटत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीटत्व (प्रातिपदिक) = कीट + त्व
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative ‘insect-hood/state of being an insect’

• आगताः: having attained
• आगताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; PPP ‘having come/attained’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘all’ (referring to those ancestors)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; pronoun ‘they’

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative ‘liberation’

• आयान्ति: attain
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘come to/attain’

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; nominative ‘the ancestors’ (apposition to सर्वे ते)

• त्रिकुलोद्भवाः: born of three generations/lineages
• त्रिकुलोद्भवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिकुलोद्भव (प्रातिपदिक) = त्रि + कुल + उद्भव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; adjective ‘arisen from three lineages (three generations)’ qualifying पितरः

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual phalaśruti within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) audience seeking tīrtha-phala

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs offerings with water and sesame (symbolic tarpaṇa) near Dvārakā; above, shadowy forms of pretas and tiny worm-like beings are shown being lifted into light, transforming into radiant ancestral figures representing three family lines.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred merit connected with Dvārakā’s Māhātmya is presented as powerful enough to uplift even severely fallen ancestral conditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, whose greatness is being proclaimed through phalaśruti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is named; the verse emphasizes the salvific potency associated with the Māhātmya’s merit (commonly accessed via śravaṇa/recitation).