Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ये पितॄंस्तर्पयिष्यंति कर्दमाले वरानने । आकल्पं तर्पितास्तेन भविष्यंति न संशयः

Transliteration

ye pitṝṃstarpayiṣyaṃti kardamāle varānane | ākalpaṃ tarpitāstena bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Wahai Dewi berwajah elok, mereka yang mempersembahkan tarpaṇa (curahan air suci) kepada para leluhur di Kardamālā, dengan perbuatan itu akan membuat para leluhur puas sepanjang satu kalpa—tanpa keraguan.

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (relative pronoun)

• pitṝn: the ancestors
• pitṝn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्

• tarpayiṣyanti: will satisfy/offer (libations to)
• tarpayiṣyanti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tṛp (तर्पणे/तृप्तौ) णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; णिजन्तः (to satisfy/offer libations)

• kardamāle: in Kardamāla (muddy place/holy spot)
• kardamāle: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kardama-āla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-एकवचनम्; अधिकरणम्; 'कर्दमस्य आलः/आलयः' इति (place of mud) तत्पुरुषभावः

• varānane: O fair-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara-ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-एकवचनम्

• ā-kalpam: until the end of a kalpa
• ā-kalpam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) उपसर्गवत् आ- (अव्ययीभावार्थे)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; 'आकल्पम्' = कल्पपर्यन्तम् (until the end of an aeon)

• tarpitāḥ: will be satisfied
• tarpitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tarpita (कृदन्त, √tṛp तर्पणे; कर्मणि)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्; 'ते' (ye) इति सह; (having been satisfied)

• tena: by that (act)
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-एकवचनम्; करण/हेतु (by that/thereby)

• bhaviṣyanti: will be
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भवने)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• na: no/not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; 'न' इति सह वाक्यांशः

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kardamālā

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a sacred water-edge offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; the Goddess addressed as witness; subtle presence of pitṛs receiving offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Kardamālā
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to one’s ancestors (pitṛ-dharma) performed at a praised tīrtha yields extraordinary and enduring spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kardamālā-tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa region) is being extolled.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa—offering water/libations to the ancestors at Kardamālā.