Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 118

Devanagari script

अस्मिंश्च कूपे यो मर्त्यः स्नात्वा तर्पयते पितॄन् । सर्वतीर्थफलं चास्तु पितॄणामक्षया गतिः

Transliteration

asmiṃśca kūpe yo martyaḥ snātvā tarpayate pitṝn | sarvatīrthaphalaṃ cāstu pitṝṇāmakṣayā gatiḥ

Translation

また、この井戸で沐浴し、祖霊ピトリたちにタर्पанаを捧げる人は誰であれ—あらゆるティールタの果報を得、ピトリたちは尽きることなき安楽の境地に至りますように。

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कूपे: in the well
• कूपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• मर्त्यः: a mortal man
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तर्पयते: satisfies/offers libations to
• तर्पयते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु) → तर्पय (णिच् causative)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• सर्वतीर्थफलम्: the fruit of all pilgrimages
• सर्वतीर्थफलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वतीर्थफल (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तीर्थ + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां तीर्थानां फलम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• अक्षया: imperishable
• अक्षया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गतेः)

• गतिः: attainment/destination
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Kālabhīti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kūpa-tīrtha (associated with Mahākāla/Dhārā setting)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a stone-lined well: one bathes, then offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands; subtle presence of Pitṛs receiving water as luminous ancestral silhouettes; Śiva-liṅga shrine nearby indicating kṣetra protection.

Characters & Entities

• Kālabhīti
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Kūpa (sacred well)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving the ancestors through śrāddha-related tarpaṇa at a sanctified place brings vast merit and benefits the departed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular sacred well (kūpa) at this liṅga-sthala is praised as yielding the fruit of all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in the well and tarpaṇa (libations) to the Pitṛs, promising sarvatīrtha-phala and akṣaya gati for ancestors.