Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

उवाह सलिलं तीर्थे देवर्षिपितृतृप्तिदम् । स्ववंशनायकस्याग्रे सूर्येण कृतमेव तत्

Transliteration

uvāha salilaṃ tīrthe devarṣipitṛtṛptidam | svavaṃśanāyakasyāgre sūryeṇa kṛtameva tat

Translation

Au tīrtha, l’eau jaillit, apportant satisfaction aux dieux, aux ṛṣis et aux ancêtres. Cela fut accompli en vérité par Sūrya, en présence du chef de sa propre lignée.

Word by Word

• उवाह: carried/bore
• उवाह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

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

• देवर्षिपितृतृप्तिदम्: satisfying gods, sages, and ancestors
• देवर्षिपितृतृप्तिदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (देवर्षिपितॄणां तृप्तिदम् = giving satisfaction to gods, sages, and ancestors)

• स्ववंशनायकस्य: of the leader of his own lineage
• स्ववंशनायकस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + नायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य वंशस्य नायकः)

• अग्रे: in front/presence
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in front of)

• सूर्येण: by the Sun
• सूर्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental/agent in passive sense)

• कृतम्: done/made
• कृतम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done/made’

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• तत्: that (thing)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (context speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya tīrtha (specific name not given in verse)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (continuing address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya’s power causes sacred water to surge or be carried into the tīrtha; priests and sages perform tarpaṇa, while a lineage-leader (svavaṃśa-nāyaka) witnesses the miracle under the blazing yet benevolent sun.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Devas
• Ṛṣis (Devarṣis)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-water is portrayed as a bridge between worlds, capable of offering satisfaction to devas, sages, and ancestors when used with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within Dharmāraṇya is praised, marked by miraculous water associated with Sūrya and ancestral satisfaction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

While not explicit, the phrase ‘pitṛ-tṛpti’ strongly implies tarpana/offerings to ancestors using tīrtha-water.