Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

प्रत्यूषे तिलपात्रं च ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्म लोके महीयते

Transliteration

pratyūṣe tilapātraṃ ca brāhmaṇāya nivedayet | sarvapāpavinirmukto brahma loke mahīyate

Translation

À l’aube, qu’on offre à un brāhmaṇa un vase de graines de sésame. Délivré de tout péché, il est honoré dans le monde de Brahmā (Brahma-loka).

Word by Word

• प्रत्यूषे: at dawn
• प्रत्यूषे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, locative, singular)

• तिलपात्रम्: a vessel of sesame (seeds)
• तिलपात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल-पात्र (प्रातिपदिक: तिल + पात्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• ब्राह्मणाय: to a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, dative, singular)

• निवेदयेत्: should offer; should present
• निवेदयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+विद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (optative, 3rd person, singular)

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-विनिर्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + पाप + विनिर्मुक्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Gati/Phala (Goal/Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular)

• लोके: in the world (realm)
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, locative, singular)

• महीयते: is honored; is glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (present, 3rd person, singular, passive/ātmanepada usage: is honored)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitra-hrada (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, a pilgrim offers a brass/copper vessel filled with sesame to a seated brāhmaṇa on the river/lake bank; the sun just rising; ritual items (water pot, kusa grass) nearby; atmosphere of quiet charity.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Tila (sesame)
• Brahma-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed with proper timing and recipient (brāhmaṇa) is a potent purifier and elevates one to higher spiritual realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Māgha-tīrtha context; it does not name a new site, but supports the tīrtha observance with dāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratyūṣa-kāla tila-dāna—offering a sesame-filled vessel to a brāhmaṇa at dawn.