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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

चित्रभानुः स्मृतस्तैस्तु विचिन्त्य हृदये हरिम् । स्नात्वा रेवाजले पुण्ये तर्पिताः पितृदेवताः

Transliteration

citrabhānuḥ smṛtastaistu vicintya hṛdaye harim | snātvā revājale puṇye tarpitāḥ pitṛdevatāḥ

Translation

Alors ils se souvinrent de Citrabhānu ; et, méditant Hari dans leur cœur, ils se baignèrent dans les eaux saintes de la Revā et offrirent le tarpaṇa pour apaiser les Pitṛs et les divinités.

Word by Word
चित्रभानुःCitrabhānu (the Sun; ‘bright-rayed one’)
चित्रभानुः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्रभानु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (चित्रः भानुः)
स्मृतः(was) remembered
स्मृतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘remembered’
तैःby them
तैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle); विरोध/अन्वयार्थे ‘but/indeed’
विचिन्त्यhaving contemplated
विचिन्त्य:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + चिन्त् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive -ya), ‘having reflected’
हृदयेin the heart
हृदये:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
हरिम्Hari (Viṣṇu)
हरिम्:
Karman (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having bathed’
रेवाजलेin the waters of Revā (Narmadā)
रेवाजले:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरेवा (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रेवायाः जलम्)
पुण्येholy
पुण्ये:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रेवाजले)
तर्पिताः(were) satisfied/propitiated
तर्पिताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootतृप्/तर्प् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘satiated/propitiated’
पितृदेवताःthe ancestral deities (pitṛs)
पितृदेवताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितॄणां देवताः)
Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic voice within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by later address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims on the riverbank at dawn: hands folded, remembering Citrabhānu; one meditates on Hari inwardly while others step into the Revā for snāna; afterward they offer water-libations to Pitṛs and devas.

Characters & Entities
C
Citrabhānu
H
Hari (Viṣṇu)
R
Revā (Narmadā)
P
Pitṛs
D
Devatāḥ

FAQs

Pilgrimage is completed by inner remembrance (Hari in the heart) and dharmic rites like tarpaṇa—uniting devotion, purity, and ancestral duty.

Revā-jala—the sacred waters of the Narmadā.

Snāna in Revā and tarpaṇa (oblations) to Pitṛs and devas, accompanied by Hari-dhyāna/smṛti.

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