Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तर्पिताः पितरश्चैव रुधिरेण महात्मना । प्रतिज्ञा पालिता तस्माद्विकोपश्च बभूव सः

Transliteration

tarpitāḥ pitaraścaiva rudhireṇa mahātmanā | pratijñā pālitā tasmādvikopaśca babhūva saḥ

Translation

Y los Pitṛs quedaron en verdad satisfechos por el magnánimo mediante la sangre; así, su voto fue cumplido, y después su ira vehemente se apaciguó.

Word by Word

• tarpitāḥ: (having been) satisfied/propitiated
• tarpitāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म) (of implied action) / Predicate adjective to pitaraḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tarp (तृप्/तर्प् धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally = “having been satisfied/propitiated”

• pitaraḥ: the fathers/ancestors (Pitṛs)
• pitaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (पितृ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• rudhireṇa: with blood
• rudhireṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudhira (रुधिर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• mahātmanā: by the great-souled one
• mahātmanā: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता) (instrumental of agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-ātman (महात्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (mahā + ātman), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• pratijñā: the vow/promise
• pratijñā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prati-jñā (प्रतिज्ञा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• pālitā: was kept/fulfilled
• pālitā: Predicate adjective (to pratijñā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāl (पाल् धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; agrees with pratijñā

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (तस्मात् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘tad’)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् निपात (ablatival adverb) = “therefore/from that”

• vikopaḥ: anger/agitation
• vikopaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi-kopa (विकोप प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• babhūva: arose/occurred/was
• babhūva: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (of babhūva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (pronoun)

Speaker

Sūta (implied narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solitary vow-keeper at a riverbank tīrtha performs pitṛ-tarpaṇa; the mood is heavy—blood as an offering, then a visible softening as his anger ebbs and the air becomes calm.

Characters & Entities

• pitṛs (ancestors)
• pratijñā (vow)
• Rāma (implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Keeping one’s vow and completing ancestral obligations is framed as dharma that brings inner resolution and the pacification of anger.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this line; it concludes a ritual-ethical arc that may be connected to a place in surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpaṇa for the pitṛs is referenced (ancestor-satisfaction rite), though without procedural specifics.