Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

पितृवंशे मृता ये च मातृवंशे तथैव च । गुरुश्वशुरबंधूनां ये चान्ये बांधवा मृताः

Transliteration

pitṛvaṃśe mṛtā ye ca mātṛvaṃśe tathaiva ca | guruśvaśurabaṃdhūnāṃ ye cānye bāṃdhavā mṛtāḥ

Translation

میرے پدری نسب میں جو وفات پا چکے ہیں اور اسی طرح مادری نسب میں بھی؛ اور میرے گروؤں، سسرال اور دیگر رشتہ داروں میں جو مرحوم ہو چکے ہیں—

Word by Word

• पितृवंशे: in the paternal lineage
• पितृवंशे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the lineage)

• मृताः: dead
• मृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (ये)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• मातृवंशे: in the maternal lineage
• मातृवंशे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• गुरु: teacher/elder
• गुरु: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• श्वशुर: father-in-law
• श्वशुर: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग

• बन्धूनाम्: of (my) gurus, fathers-in-law, and kinsmen
• बन्धूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः: गुरु + श्वशुर + बन्धूनाम्

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (बान्धवाः)

• बान्धवाः: relatives
• बान्धवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मृताः: dead
• मृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (बान्धवाः)

Speaker

Ritual officiant/pilgrim reciting the piṇḍa-dāna saṅkalpa within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narration (speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa performs saṅkalpa, mentally enumerating paternal and maternal ancestors and deceased relations (guru, father-in-law, kin), with ritual vessels and piṇḍa materials arranged near a sacred water-edge.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma widens remembrance: honoring the dead includes both lineages and respected relational bonds like gurus and in-laws.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where śrāddha intentions are framed broadly for many categories of the departed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A saṅkalpa (dedicatory intention) that includes paternal, maternal, guru, and in-law lineages within pitṛ offerings.