Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 177

Devanagari script

समंतपंचके पंच करिष्ये रुधिरह्रदान् । तत्राहं तर्पयिष्यामि पितॄनथ पितामहान्

Transliteration

samaṃtapaṃcake paṃca kariṣye rudhirahradān | tatrāhaṃ tarpayiṣyāmi pitṝnatha pitāmahān

Translation

À Samantapañcaka, je créerai cinq lacs de sang ; là, j'offrirai des libations pour satisfaire les Pères et les Aïeux.

Word by Word

• समन्तपञ्चके: in Samantapañcaka
• समन्तपञ्चके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समन्तपञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; (समन्त + पञ्चक) इति समास

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Viśeṣaṇa (Quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्च (अव्यय/संख्याशब्द)
• Form: संख्या-अव्यय (numeral, indeclinable in this use)

• करिष्ये: I will make
• करिष्ये: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• रुधिर-ह्रदान्: lakes of blood
• रुधिर-ह्रदान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक) + ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारयार्थ-तत्पुरुष (blood-lakes)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तर्पयिष्यामि: I will satisfy (offer libations to)
• तर्पयिष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्/तर्प् (धातु; causative √तृप् → तर्पयति)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोजक (Causative), लृट्-लकार (Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पितॄन्: the fathers/ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अथ: and then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तर-अव्यय (conj./then)

• पितामहान्: grandfathers, forefathers
• पितामहान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Vāmana (continuing the Paraśurāma prophecy)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Samantapañcaka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paraśurāma at Samantapañcaka, stern and ascetic-warrior, standing beside five dark-red ‘lakes’ while offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; ancestral figures faintly visible in the air receiving libations.

Characters & Entities

• Samantapañcaka
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Paraśurāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma ties even fierce historical events to ritual responsibility—especially honoring ancestors through tarpaṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Samantapañcaka is named as the locus of five lakes and ancestral propitiation, marking it as a charged tīrtha in Purāṇic memory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpaṇa to pitṛs and pitāmahas (ancestral libations/offerings) is explicitly indicated.