Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तस्य पूर्वतरश्चापि तथा मातामहादयः । अंगेषु ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणामाक्रान्तास्ते पृथक्पृथक्

Transliteration

tasya pūrvataraścāpi tathā mātāmahādayaḥ | aṃgeṣu brāhmaṇendrāṇāmākrāntāste pṛthakpṛthak

Translation

Cả những bậc tổ tiên xa hơn của người ấy nữa—các ông và những vị khác—mỗi vị riêng rẽ đã nhập chiếm các chi thể của những bậc Bà-la-môn tối thượng đang hành lễ.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पूर्वतरः: the earlier one/ancestor
• पूर्वतरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/सम्भावनार्थक निपात (also/even)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (manner)

• मातामहादयः: maternal grandfather and others
• मातामहादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातामह (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः (मातामहः आदिः येषां ते)

• अङ्गेषु: in the limbs
• अङ्गेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणाम्: of the best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः (ब्राह्मणानाम् इन्द्राः)

• आक्रान्ताः: were seized/occupied
• आक्रान्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• पृथक्: each separately
• पृथक्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis)

Speaker

Unclear from snippet; within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a royal interlocutor (rājendra) in this adhyāya’s dialogue frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king/hero in the narrative frame (continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual assembly with eminent brāhmaṇas; subtle ancestral entities appear as faint overlays upon different limbs of different officiants, each ancestor occupying a distinct place—an uncanny, layered tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights the continuing bond and influence of ancestors, setting the stage for the need of proper pitṛ-kārya such as tarpaṇa and śrāddha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The adhyāya context is Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with Puṣkara-tīrtha prominently appearing in nearby verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse itself is descriptive; the surrounding passage moves toward śrāddha/tarpaṇa at Puṣkara-tīrtha.