Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

ततस्तु तर्पणं कुर्यात्स्वशाखोक्तविधानतः । ब्रह्मादीनखिलान्देवान्मरीच्यादींस्तथा मुनीन्

Transliteration

tatastu tarpaṇaṃ kuryātsvaśākhoktavidhānataḥ | brahmādīnakhilāndevānmarīcyādīṃstathā munīn

Translation

Daraufhin soll man das tarpaṇa, die Wasserspende, nach der in der eigenen vedischen Schule gelehrten Vorschrift vollziehen, um Brahmā und alle Götter zu erfreuen, ebenso die Weisen, beginnend mit Marīci.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) — 'thereafter/from that'

• tu: then
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/अन्वय (but/then)

• tarpaṇam: libation/satiation offering
• tarpaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tarpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kuryāt: should perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• svaśākhokta: prescribed in one’s own Vedic branch
• svaśākhokta: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva + śākhā + ukta (कृदन्त; √vac)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (विधानतः इत्यस्य विशेषण); तत्पुरुष — 'said in one's own śākhā'

• vidhānataḥ: according to the rule
• vidhānataḥ: Hetu/Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक) + tasil (तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त — 'according to the procedure'

• brahmādīn: Brahmā and others
• brahmādīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष — 'Brahmā and others'

• akhilān: all
• akhilān: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• devān: gods
• devān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• marīcyādīn: Marīci and others
• marīcyādīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marīci + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष — 'Marīci and others'

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चय (likewise/also)

• munīn: sages
• munīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced from immediate narrative context of Dharmāraṇya instructions)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank, a practitioner sits facing east, pouring water in measured streams while reciting names of Brahmā, the gods, and sages like Marīci; a calm river and kusa grass indicate ritual purity.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Marīci
• Devas
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced through disciplined continuity—honoring gods and sages through properly transmitted Vedic procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is cited; the focus is on orthodox ritual method within the Dharmāraṇya teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpaṇa is prescribed, to be performed exactly as enjoined by one’s own Vedic śākhā, directed to deities and sages.