Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्संगमसलिले नरः स्नात्वा समाहितः । संतर्प्य पितृदेवांश्च दत्त्वा दानं स्वशक्तितः

Transliteration

tasminsaṃgamasalile naraḥ snātvā samāhitaḥ | saṃtarpya pitṛdevāṃśca dattvā dānaṃ svaśaktitaḥ

Translation

Nachdem ein Mensch in den Wassern jenes Zusammenflusses mit gesammeltem Geist gebadet hat, soll er die Ahnen und die Götter sättigen und nach seiner Kraft Almosen geben.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• संगम-सलिले: in the water of the confluence
• संगम-सलिले: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक) + सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (संगमस्य सलिलम्)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• समाहितः: composed, concentrated
• समाहितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ√धा (धातु) → समाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); नरं विशेषयति

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied (with offerings)
• संतर्प्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्√तृप् (धातु) → संतर्प्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• पितृ-देवान्: the ancestors and the gods
• पितृ-देवान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• दानम्: a gift, charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• स्व-शक्तितः: according to one’s capacity
• स्व-शक्तितः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययप्रयोगः (according to one’s ability)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-sangama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a river confluence at dawn, hands joined, then offering tarpaṇa with water-streams, followed by giving alms to a brāhmaṇa or needy person on the ghat.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Devas
• Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice is complete when inner composure (samādhāna) is joined with gratitude to ancestors and gods, and with ethical generosity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The saṅgama waters in Ayodhyā described in Adhyāya 6.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), pitṛ/deva tarpaṇa (satisfying ancestors and gods), and dāna (charity) according to one’s means.