Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

सोऽपि स्नात्वा विधानेन संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः । आमन्त्रयित्वा तत्तीर्थं कृतार्थश्च गृहं ययौ

Transliteration

so'pi snātvā vidhānena saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ | āmantrayitvā tattīrthaṃ kṛtārthaśca gṛhaṃ yayau

Translation

وهو أيضاً، بعد أن اغتسل على وفق الشعيرة المقرّرة وأرضى آلهة الأسلاف (البيتْرِ) بالقرابين، استأذن ذلك التيرثا المقدّس وانصرف، وقد تمّت غايته، إلى بيته.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (also)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed rite
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied (fed/propitiated)
• संतर्प्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), सम्-उपसर्ग; पूर्वक्रिया

• पितृदेवताः: the Pitṛs and the deities
• पितृदेवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ-देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (पितरः च देवताः च); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (देवता-प्रधान), द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• आमन्त्रयित्वा: having taken leave / having invited (formally)
• आमन्त्रयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) with आ-उपसर्ग; पूर्वक्रिया

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम्)

• तीर्थम्: holy ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृतार्थः: having achieved his purpose
• कृतार्थः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतार्थ (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुष (कृतः अर्थः यस्य/कृतार्थः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

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

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The yakṣa performs ritual bathing, then offers water oblations to pitṛs on the riverbank; afterward he salutes the tīrtha and departs, serene and fulfilled.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha-visit becomes complete when it includes disciplined snāna and gratitude toward the ancestors through tarpaṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The adhyāya’s focal site is the Kāverī-saṅgama tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna ‘vidhānena’ (by rule) and pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying the Pitṛs), followed by formally taking leave of the tīrtha.