Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

सोऽपि तत्तीर्थमाप्लुत्य गते देवे दिवं प्रति । स्नात्वा जाप्यविधानेन तर्पयित्वा पितॄन् पुनः

Transliteration

so'pi tattīrthamāplutya gate deve divaṃ prati | snātvā jāpyavidhānena tarpayitvā pitṝn punaḥ

Translation

وغاص هو أيضاً في ذلك التيرثا المقدّس؛ ولما مضى الإله إلى السماء، اغتسل على سنّة الجَپا (الترديد) ثم قدّم من جديد سكبَ الماء قرباناً للـپِتْرِس، أرواح الأسلاف.

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-अर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तीर्थम्: the sacred place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्लुत्य: having bathed/immersed
• आप्लुत्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्लु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; उपसर्गः—आ (having plunged/bathed)

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; गम् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘देवे’ इत्यनेन सह सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• देवे: when the god (Śiva)
• देवे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (द्यौः) / नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोग (दिवम्), द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Gati (Direction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्)
• Form: दिशाबोधक-अव्यय/उपपद (towards)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (having bathed)

• जाप्यविधानेन: by the prescribed method of japa
• जाप्यविधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाप्यविधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—जाप्यस्य विधानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• तर्पयित्वा: having satisfied (with offerings)
• तर्पयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; णिच् (causative) भावः—तर्पयित्वा (having satisfied/offered libations)

• पितॄन्: the ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (again)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pattreśvara-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied: Bhārata/kingly addressee in the surrounding passage

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After Śiva’s departure, the devotee enters the river, performs a disciplined bath, then stands at the bank offering tarpaṇa to the ancestors while softly repeating mantras.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Deva (unspecified)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes complete when bathing is joined with mantra-discipline (japa) and gratitude to ancestors through tarpaṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A revered tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred geography), immediately connected with the Pattreśvara episode in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bath) performed with jāpya-vidhi (japa procedure) and pitṛ-tarpaṇa (ancestral libations).