Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

संतर्प्य पितृदेवांश्च कृत्वा श्राद्धं यथाविधि । कृत्वा पिण्डान्पितृभ्यश्च वृषमुत्सृज्य लक्षणम्

Transliteration

saṃtarpya pitṛdevāṃśca kṛtvā śrāddhaṃ yathāvidhi | kṛtvā piṇḍānpitṛbhyaśca vṛṣamutsṛjya lakṣaṇam

Translation

Nachdem er die Pitṛs und die Devas gesättigt und das śrāddha vorschriftsgemäß vollzogen hatte, brachte er den Ahnen piṇḍas dar und ließ sodann einen gekennzeichneten Stier nach der Vorschrift frei.

Word by Word

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied (fed/propitiated)
• संतर्प्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: संतर्प् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी-प्रयोगः; अव्ययभावेन क्रियाविशेषणम्

• पितृदेवान्: the Pitṛs and the gods
• पितृदेवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (पितरश्च देवाश्च)

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

• कृत्वा: having done/performed
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• श्राद्धम्: the śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• यथाविधि: according to the prescribed rule
• यथाविधि: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कृत्वा: having made/offered
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• पिण्डान्: rice-balls (piṇḍas)
• पिण्डान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• पितृभ्यः: to the Pitṛs (ancestors)
• पितृभ्यः: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

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

• वृषम्: a bull
• वृषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• उत्सृज्य: having released/let go
• उत्सृज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• लक्षणम्: a mark/sign (identifier)
• लक्षणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; ritual narration in tīrtha context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (general)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the bank of a sacred river, the patron performs śrāddha: offerings to pitṛs and devas, piṇḍas arranged on darbha, then a ceremonially marked bull is released as vṛṣotsarga.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Devas
• Śrāddha
• Piṇḍa
• Vṛṣotsarga (bull release)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage dharma includes ancestral duty: honoring Pitṛs through śrāddha and offerings completes one’s religious life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha environment where śrāddha and pitṛ rites are especially efficacious per the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa, śrāddha as per vidhāna, piṇḍa offerings, and vṛṣotsarga (releasing a ritually marked bull).