Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु ये श्राद्धं करिष्यंतीह मानवाः । एकविंशत्कुलोपेताः स्वर्गं यास्यंति ते ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

asmiṃstīrthe tu ye śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃtīha mānavāḥ | ekaviṃśatkulopetāḥ svargaṃ yāsyaṃti te dhruvam

Translation

又凡在此圣渡处行施祖祭（śrāddha）者，连同其族系二十一代，必定升往天界。

Word by Word

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• tīrthe: in the tīrtha
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle)

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Relative pronoun

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• kariṣyanti: will perform
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; Future, 3rd pl.

• iha: here
• iha: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• mānavāḥ: people/men
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• ekaviṃśatkulopetāḥ: accompanied by twenty-one generations (of family)
• ekaviṃśatkulopetāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक) + upeta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from upa-√i)
• Form: समास: (एकविंशति) + (कुल) + उपेत (युक्त); तत्पुरुष-प्रधान; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Past participle used adjectivally qualifying te/ye

• svargam: heaven
• svargam: Gati/Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/गति), एकवचन; Accusative singular (goal)

• yāsyanti: will go
• yāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; Future, 3rd pl.

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Correlative pronoun

• dhruvam: certainly
• dhruvam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निश्चयार्थे अव्ययीभूत-विशेषण (used adverbially: certainly)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A family performs śrāddha at Prabhāsa: piṇḍas on darbha, water libations, brāhmaṇas seated; behind them, a luminous ascent of ancestors symbolizing twenty-one generations reaching heaven.

Characters & Entities

• śrāddha
• svarga
• kula (lineage)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pitṛ-dharma performed at a potent tīrtha uplifts not only the performer but also many generations of the family line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This Prabhāsa tīrtha (Sarasvatī context) where śrāddha is said to be exceptionally fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha (ancestral offerings) at the tīrtha.