Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

इन्द्रतीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः । महापातकयुक्तोऽपि मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

indratīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ | mahāpātakayukto'pi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Quiconque se baigne à Indratīrtha et offre le tarpaṇa aux Pitṛs et aux divinités—fût-il chargé de grands péchés—est délivré de tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• इन्द्रतीर्थे: at Indra-tīrtha
• इन्द्रतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (इन्द्रस्य तीर्थम्)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधसूचक-अव्यय (particle)

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), पूर्वकाल

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy (offer libations)
• तर्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त

• पितृदेवताः: the Pitṛ-deities (ancestors)
• पितृदेवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ-देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (पितर एव देवताः)

• महापातकयुक्तः: even if tainted with great sins
• महापातकयुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-पातक-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; युज्-धातु से क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भाव (महापातकेन युक्तः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Concessive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवादसूचक-अव्यय (particle: even)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/ablative sense in passive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पातकानि)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; context within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at Indratīrtha and offers tarpaṇa—water libations—to Pitṛs and devas on the riverbank, signifying release from heavy sins.

Characters & Entities

• Indratīrtha
• Pitṛs
• Devatāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage combined with ancestral and divine offerings purifies even heavy moral burdens, emphasizing remedial dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indratīrtha (a sacred bathing place in the Revā/Narmadā region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) at Indratīrtha and tarpaṇa (libations) to Pitṛs and devatās.