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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

कुलानां तारयेद्विंशं दश पूर्वान् दशापरान् । दक्षिणस्यां ततो मूर्तौ शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः

Transliteration

kulānāṃ tārayedviṃśaṃ daśa pūrvān daśāparān | dakṣiṇasyāṃ tato mūrtau śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ

Translation

Er erlöst zwanzig Linien der Familie: zehn frühere und zehn spätere Generationen. Dann, rein geworden und gesammelt, richte er den Ritus auf die südliche Gestalt (die Richtung der Pitṛ).

Word by Word
कुलानाम्of families/lineages
कुलानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन
तारयेत्should deliver; should save
तारयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतॄ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगार्थ (causative sense) ‘to cause to cross/save’
विंशम्twenty
विंशम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; संख्याशब्द
दशten
दश:
Visheshana (Numeral qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootदश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्याशब्द; (प्रयोगे) द्वितीया-बहुवचनार्थे ‘ten’
पूर्वान्former; preceding (ancestors)
पूर्वान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण
दशten
दश:
Visheshana (Numeral qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootदश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्याशब्द; (प्रयोगे) द्वितीया-बहुवचनार्थे ‘ten’
अपरान्later; following (descendants)
अपरान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण
दक्षिणस्याम्in the southern (direction/side)
दक्षिणस्याम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय; तद् + तस्)
Formक्रम/अनन्तर-अव्यय (adverb: then/from there)
मूर्तौin the form/image
मूर्तौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
शुचिःpure; clean
शुचिः:
Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)
समाहितःcomposed; concentrated
समाहितः:
Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-आ-धा (धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrotṛ audience (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, purified and steady, turns toward the south on a riverbank, performing offerings; behind him a stylized lineage tree shows ancestors and descendants being uplifted.

Characters & Entities
P
Pitṛ-direction (South)

FAQs

Ancestral rites are communal in effect—uplifting both forebears and descendants—when performed with purity and focus.

The verse continues the Reva Khaṇḍa rite-context rather than naming a new tīrtha; the emphasis is on pitṛ-directional practice.

Maintain śauca (purity) and samādhāna (collected attention), and orient the pitṛ-rite toward the southern direction.

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