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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

चित्रभानुः स्मृतस्तैस्तु विचिन्त्य हृदये हरिम् । स्नात्वा रेवाजले पुण्ये तर्पिताः पितृदेवताः

Transliteration

citrabhānuḥ smṛtastaistu vicintya hṛdaye harim | snātvā revājale puṇye tarpitāḥ pitṛdevatāḥ

Translation

Da erinnerten sie sich an Citrabhānu; und, Hari im Herzen betrachtend, badeten sie in den heiligen Wassern der Revā und brachten Tarpaṇa dar zur Sättigung der Pitṛs und der Gottheiten.

Word by Word
चित्रभानुःCitrabhānu (the Sun; ‘bright-rayed one’)
चित्रभानुः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्रभानु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (चित्रः भानुः)
स्मृतः(was) remembered
स्मृतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘remembered’
तैःby them
तैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle); विरोध/अन्वयार्थे ‘but/indeed’
विचिन्त्यhaving contemplated
विचिन्त्य:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + चिन्त् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive -ya), ‘having reflected’
हृदयेin the heart
हृदये:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
हरिम्Hari (Viṣṇu)
हरिम्:
Karman (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having bathed’
रेवाजलेin the waters of Revā (Narmadā)
रेवाजले:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरेवा (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रेवायाः जलम्)
पुण्येholy
पुण्ये:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रेवाजले)
तर्पिताः(were) satisfied/propitiated
तर्पिताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootतृप्/तर्प् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘satiated/propitiated’
पितृदेवताःthe ancestral deities (pitṛs)
पितृदेवताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितॄणां देवताः)
Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic voice within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by later address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims on the riverbank at dawn: hands folded, remembering Citrabhānu; one meditates on Hari inwardly while others step into the Revā for snāna; afterward they offer water-libations to Pitṛs and devas.

Characters & Entities
C
Citrabhānu
H
Hari (Viṣṇu)
R
Revā (Narmadā)
P
Pitṛs
D
Devatāḥ

FAQs

Pilgrimage is completed by inner remembrance (Hari in the heart) and dharmic rites like tarpaṇa—uniting devotion, purity, and ancestral duty.

Revā-jala—the sacred waters of the Narmadā.

Snāna in Revā and tarpaṇa (oblations) to Pitṛs and devas, accompanied by Hari-dhyāna/smṛti.

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