Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

यच्चान्यदपि देवेन्द्र त्रिषु स्थानेषु यच्छति । तन्मुक्तिकारकं प्रोक्तं पितॄणामात्मनस्तथा

Transliteration

yaccānyadapi devendra triṣu sthāneṣu yacchati | tanmuktikārakaṃ proktaṃ pitṝṇāmātmanastathā

Translation

又无论还有什么，噢因陀罗，在那三处所行之施——皆被宣说为解脱之因，既为祖先，亦为自身。

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — relative pronoun

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction

• अन्यत्: other
• अन्यत्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — adjective/pronominal ‘other’

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय — particle (‘also/even’)

• देवेन्द्र: O lord of gods
• देवेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन — Vocative singular

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Visheshana (Qualifier of location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Locative plural (‘in three’)

• स्थानेषु: places
• स्थानेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Locative plural

• यच्छति: gives
• यच्छति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु, ‘to give’)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘gives’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative ‘that’

• मुक्तिकारकम्: causing liberation
• मुक्तिकारकम्: Karma (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्ति + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — adjective; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुक्तेः कारकम्)

• प्रोक्तम्: is declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘said/declared’

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/रीतिवाचक अव्यय — adverb (‘so/likewise’)

Speaker

Unknown (addressing Indra; concluding the tri-sthāna dāna praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā tri-sthāna (contextual ‘three places’ within Dvārakā-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Deveन्द्र)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple with folded hands offers dāna to a brāhmaṇa near a sacred water-edge, with Dvārakā’s temple spire and ocean horizon behind; subtle presence of pitṛs receiving offerings in the upper register.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Devendra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings made in specially praised tīrthas uplift both giver and ancestors, integrating tīrtha-dharma with pitṛ-dharma and mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “three places” refer back to Dvārakā, Śaṅkhoddhāra, and Piṇḍāraka Mahātīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving dāna in the three sacred locations, with the stated result of mukti for oneself and benefit for the pitṛs.