Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

तदा प्रभृति तत्तीर्थं ख्यातं शूलेश्वरीति च । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः

Transliteration

tadā prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ khyātaṃ śūleśvarīti ca | tasmiṃstīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ

Translation

Von da an wurde jener heilige Tīrtha als Śūleśvarī berühmt. Wer in diesem Tīrtha badet und danach den Ahnengottheiten das Tarpana darbringt—

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• प्रभृति: from that time onward
• प्रभृति: Avadhi (Starting point/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधि-अव्यय (since/from)

• तत्-तीर्थम्: that tīrtha
• तत्-तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तत् तीर्थम् = that sacred ford)

• ख्यातम्: became known / renowned
• ख्यातम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative/कर्तृसमनाधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शूलेश्वरी: Śūleśvarī
• शूलेश्वरी: Saṃjñā (Name/appellation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शूलस्य ईश्वरी)

• इति: as (called)
• इति: Iti-dyotaka (Quotative marker/इतिद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देश-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha-dyotaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारण-अव्यय (particle)

• यः: who (whoever)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy / offer libations to
• तर्पयेत्: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्/तर्प् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• पितृ-देवताः: the ancestral deities
• पितृ-देवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पितॄणां देवताः)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūleśvarī

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A river-ford becomes renowned as Śūleśvarī; pilgrims bathe and then offer tarpaṇa—water streaming from cupped hands—under the unseen guardianship of Śiva-Śakti.

Characters & Entities

• Śūleśvarī-tīrtha
• pitṛ-devatā (ancestors)
• snāna
• tarpana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is a bridge between worlds: bathing there and honoring ancestors aligns personal purity with intergenerational dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūleśvarī-tīrtha, newly named and celebrated in this chapter of the Revākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (sacred bath) at Śūleśvarī-tīrtha and then do pitṛ-tarpana (water-offerings to ancestors).