Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा श्राद्धं कुर्याद्युधिष्ठिर । एकोत्तरं कुलशतमुद्धरेच्छिवशासनात्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā śrāddhaṃ kuryādyudhiṣṭhira | ekottaraṃ kulaśatamuddharecchivaśāsanāt

Translation

Celui qui se baigne en ce tīrtha puis accomplit le śrāddha, ô Yudhiṣṭhira, délivre cent une générations de sa lignée, selon l’ordonnance de Śiva.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having bathed)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• एकोत्तरम्: one more (i.e., 101)
• एकोत्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः (एकेन उत्तरम् = one more)

• कुलशतम्: a hundred families/lineages
• कुलशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कुलानां शतम्)

• उद्धरेत्: should uplift/deliver
• उद्धरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः: उद्

• शिवशासनात्: by/through Śiva's ordinance
• शिवशासनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य शासनम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, addressing Yudhiṣṭhira within a didactic tīrtha narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (specific ford unnamed in the verse)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank tīrtha, a devotee completes snāna and then performs śrāddha: darbha grass, piṇḍa offerings, sesame-water tarpaṇa; subtle presence of pitṛs receiving offerings; Śiva’s ordinance symbolized by a liṅga or trident emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śiva
• Revā tīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only personal purification; it is also service to ancestors through śrāddha performed in a sanctified place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha being praised in Revā Khaṇḍa Adhyāya 84, in the vicinity of Revā–Kumbheśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna at the tīrtha and then do śrāddha; the text attributes vast ancestral upliftment to this act.