Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कुलानि यान्यतीतानि भविष्याणि च यानि वै । तारयेत्स नरो देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

kulāni yānyatītāni bhaviṣyāṇi ca yāni vai | tārayetsa naro devi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

اے دیوی! وہ شخص گزرے ہوئے اور آنے والے سب خاندانوں کو بھی تار دیتا ہے؛ اس میں شک یا مزید غور کی کوئی حاجت نہیں۔

Word by Word

• kulāni: families/lineages
• kulāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (कुल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन

• yāni: which
• yāni: Visheshana (Relative qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• atītāni: past
• atītāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: atīta (अतीत-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• bhaviṣyāṇi: future
• bhaviṣyāṇi: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhaviṣya (भविष्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषण

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

• yāni: which
• yāni: Visheshana (Relative qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (वै)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• tārayet: would save/should deliver
• tārayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tṝ (तॄ) [तारयति]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: cause to cross/save)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• naraḥ: the man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (नर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (देवी-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (न)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अत्र)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• kāryā: necessary
• kāryā: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (कार्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भाववाचक (thing to be done/necessary)

• vicāraṇā: consideration, deliberation
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (विचारणा-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa/Mahākuṇḍa with Bhairaveśvara worship

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers water (tarpaṇa) at the kuṇḍa after worship; behind him, faint ancestral silhouettes rise upward, while unborn descendants are symbolically shown as a luminous lineage stream.

Characters & Entities

• kula (lineage)
• tāraṇa (deliverance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A devotee’s tīrtha-based worship is portrayed as benefitting not only oneself but one’s entire lineage—past and future.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhairaveśvara/Brahmakuṇḍa pilgrimage setting of Prabhāsakṣetra (context from the surrounding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation of the prior rite: bathing and worship at the site, yielding kula-tāraṇa as fruit.