Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

मासे मासे सिते पक्षेऽमावास्यायां युधिष्ठिर । स्नात्वा तत्र विधानेन तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः

Transliteration

māse māse site pakṣe'māvāsyāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira | snātvā tatra vidhānena tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ

Translation

Mois après mois, au jour d’amāvāsyā de la quinzaine claire, ô Yudhiṣṭhira, après s’y être baigné selon la règle, qu’on offre le tarpaṇa aux Pitṛs et aux divinités.

Word by Word

• मासे: in a month
• मासे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (masculine, locative singular)

• मासे: each month
• मासे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for distributive sense)

• सिते: bright (white)
• सिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पक्षे)

• पक्षे: fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (masculine, locative singular)

• अमावास्यायाम्: on the new-moon day
• अमावास्यायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (feminine, locative singular)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (masculine, vocative singular)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), “having bathed”

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: “there”)

• विधानेन: by the prescribed procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (neuter, instrumental singular)

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy (offer to)
• तर्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular); causative sense “should satisfy/offer libations”

• पितृदेवताः: the ancestral deities
• पितृदेवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (feminine, nominative plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष “deities of the Pitṛs/ancestral deities”

Speaker

Narrator (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śuddharudra-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the Revā ghat on amāvāsyā, a devotee completes ritual bath and then offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands to pitṛs and devas; Yudhiṣṭhira is addressed in a didactic setting.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pitṛs
• Devas
• Śuddharudra Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is sustained through regular sacred practice—bathing, rule-based worship, and gratitude toward ancestors and gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuddharudra Tīrtha on the Narmadā (Revā), where bathing and offerings are prescribed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Amāvāsyā (new moon) each month, bathe at the tīrtha per injunction and perform tarpaṇa for Pitṛs and deities.