[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 5.224.8 # Skandapurana 5.224.8 Skandapurāṇa 5.224.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.224.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.8) sarvatraiva pitaḥ proktaṃ pitā tarpaṇakarmaṇi .. pitrye saṃkalpakāle ca piturakṣayyadāpane .. 8 .. > Everywhere \[the vocative\] 'O Father' (pitaḥ) is prescribed; \[the nominative\] 'father' (pitā) in the rite of tarpaṇa; / and in ancestral rites at the time of resolution (saṅkalpa); and \[the genitive\] 'of the father' (pituḥ) at the offering of the inexhaustible (akṣayya). / 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.224.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.7) - [Next: 5.224.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.9) - [Up: 5.224](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.224.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.224.8) · Pramāṇa