Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
तस्य नाम्ना तु तत्तीर्थं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । तत्र स्नात्वा विधानेन अर्चयेत्पितृदेवताः
Transliteration
tasya nāmnā tu tattīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | tatra snātvā vidhānena arcayetpitṛdevatāḥ
Translation
その名によって、そのティールタは三界に名高くなった。定めに従ってそこで沐浴したなら、祖霊（ピトリ）と神々を礼拝すべきである。
Word by Word
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
नाम्नाby (his) name
नाम्ना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; करणत्वे (by the name)
तुindeed / but
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात; विरोध/विशेषार्थे (but/indeed)
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण
तीर्थम्the sacred place (tīrtha)
तीर्थम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
त्रिषुin the three
त्रिषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण
लोकेषुworlds
लोकेषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन
विश्रुतम्is renowned
विश्रुतम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + श्रु (धातु)
Formभूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्रसिद्धम्’
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)
विधानेनaccording to the prescribed procedure
विधानेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करणत्वे (according to rule)
अर्चयेत्one should worship
अर्चयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
पितृदेवताःthe deities of the ancestors (pitṛ-deities)
पितृदेवताः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘पितॄणां देवताः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः
Speaker
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: ghat
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pilgrims bathing at a river ford at sunrise; one group performs tarpaṇa with cupped hands facing south; nearby a small altar for deva-arcana with lamps and flowers.
Characters & Entities
D
Dāru (implied eponym)D
Dāru-tīrthaP
PitṛsD
DevatāsFAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is lived through right practice—purifying snāna and reverent worship of gods and ancestors.
Dāru-tīrtha, said to be famed across the three worlds.
Perform ritual bathing (snāna) there according to injunction and worship the Pitṛs and devatās.