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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अपसव्यं ततः कृत्वा दर्भांस्तिलसमन्वितान् । द्विगुणान्प्रक्षिपेद्भूमौ पितॄनुद्दिश्य चात्मनः

Transliteration

apasavyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā darbhāṃstilasamanvitān | dviguṇānprakṣipedbhūmau pitṝnuddiśya cātmanaḥ

Translation

Luego, adoptando la postura apasavya (el cordón sagrado hacia la derecha), deposite en el suelo hierba darbha mezclada con sésamo, en cantidad doble, dedicándola a sus propios Pitṛs (ancestros).

Word by Word
अपसव्यम्in the apasavya manner (leftward)
अपसव्यम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
TypeNoun
Rootअपसव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as an adverbial accusative)
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Sequential)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रमवाचक
कृत्वाhaving done/made
कृत्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)
दर्भान्darbha grasses
दर्भान्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootदर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन
तिलसमन्वितान्accompanied with sesame seeds
तिलसमन्वितान्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of दर्भान्)
TypeAdjective
Rootतिल (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन; ‘तिल-समन्वित’ = तिलैः समन्वित (endowed with sesame)
द्विगुणान्doubled/twofold
द्विगुणान्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of दर्भान्)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि (संख्या) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन; ‘द्विगुण’ = twofold/doubled
प्रक्षिपेत्should throw/sprinkle
प्रक्षिपेत्:
Kriyā (Main action)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-क्षिप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
भूमौon the ground
भूमौ:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन
पितॄन्the ancestors
पितॄन्:
Karma (Object of उद्दिश्य)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन
उद्दिश्यhaving intended/addressed (to)
उद्दिश्य:
Prayojana/Anukūla-kriyā (Purpose-related prior act)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-दिश् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having addressed/intended (for)’
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
आत्मनःof oneself
आत्मनः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); एकवचन
Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: king (rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The performer shifts the sacred thread to the right (apasavya), then places doubled darbha mixed with black sesame on the ground, mentally addressing his ancestors.

Characters & Entities
A
Apasavya
D
Darbha
T
Tila
P
Pitṛs

FAQs

Ancestral rites have distinct markers—posture, materials, and intention—showing that devotion must align with prescribed dharma.

The instruction is within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya setting, but the verse itself is a general Śrāddha prescription.

Adopt apasavya and place doubled darbhas with sesame on the ground, dedicating them to one’s ancestors.

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