Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तर्पयेच्च पितॄन्देवान्मनुष्यांश्च यथाक्रमम् । ततः श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वीत पितॄणां श्रद्धयाऽन्वितः

Transliteration

tarpayecca pitṝndevānmanuṣyāṃśca yathākramam | tataḥ śrāddhaṃ prakurvīta pitṝṇāṃ śraddhayā'nvitaḥ

Translation

Dann soll man der rechten Reihenfolge gemäß Tarpaṇa den Pitṛs, den Devas und den Menschen darbringen; danach soll man, von Glauben erfüllt, das Śrāddha für die Ahnen vollziehen.

Word by Word

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy/offer libations to
• तर्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage (to satisfy/offer libations)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• पितॄन्: ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

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

• मनुष्यांश्: humans
• मनुष्यांश्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• यथाक्रमम्: in due order
• यथाक्रमम्: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + क्रम (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरवाचक (then/thereafter)

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

• प्रकुर्वीत: should perform
• प्रकुर्वीत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण (qualifying implied subject)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṣitīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a ghat after bathing, the pilgrim sits facing water, offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; nearby are śrāddha items—piṇḍa, darbha, sesame, water-pot—while elders/priests assist; mood is tender and solemn.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Devas
• Ṛṣitīrtha
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by gratitude and duty—especially the dharma of honoring ancestors with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The rites are prescribed in the context of Ṛṣitīrtha within the Siddheśvara-associated sacred geography of Dvārakā-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpaṇa to Pitṛs, Devas, and humans in order, followed by śrāddha for the Pitṛs with śraddhā.