Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

एवं कृत्वा नरः सम्यगुत्तमां गतिमाप्नुयात् । प्रयांति परमं लोकं पितरस्त्रिकुलोद्भवाः

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛtvā naraḥ samyaguttamāṃ gatimāpnuyāt | prayāṃti paramaṃ lokaṃ pitarastrikulodbhavāḥ

Translation

如是如法而行，则人得至上之归趣；三系所出之祖先，皆往至高之界。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• नरः: a man, person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन (Singular)

• सम्यक्: properly, correctly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• उत्तमाम्: highest, excellent
• उत्तमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• गतिम्: path, state, goal
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular)

• आप्नुयात्: may attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• प्रयान्ति: go forth, depart
• प्रयान्ति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• परमम्: supreme, highest
• परमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular)

• पितरः: the ancestors, fathers
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्रिकुलोद्भवाः: born of three lineages (of three generations)
• त्रिकुलोद्भवाः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): त्रिकुलस्य उद्भवाः; विशेषण (of पितरः)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After completing rites, a serene pilgrim stands with folded hands; above, luminous pitṛ figures ascend toward a radiant realm, symbolizing ‘parama loka’ for three ancestral lines.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Parama-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Correctly performed rites uplift both practitioner and ancestors, linking personal liberation with ancestral welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā tīrtha framework of Adhyāya 13, connected with bathing and subsequent pitṛ rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse summarizes the result of performing the full sequence of rites properly (snāna, tarpaṇa, śrāddha, dāna).