Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

दातारं च तथात्मानं तारयन्ति तरन्ति च । श्राद्धं सोमेश्वरे पार्थ यः कुर्याद्गतमत्सरः

Transliteration

dātāraṃ ca tathātmānaṃ tārayanti taranti ca | śrāddhaṃ someśvare pārtha yaḥ kuryādgatamatsaraḥ

Translation

ಅವರು ದಾತನನ್ನೂ ತಮ್ಮನ್ನೂ ಉದ್ಧರಿಸಿ, ಸಂಸಾರಸಾಗರವನ್ನು ದಾಟುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಓ ಪಾರ್ಥ, ಮತ್ಸರವನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ ಸೋಮೇಶ್ವರದಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರಾದ್ಧ ಮಾಡುವವನು ಈ ತಾರಕ ಪುಣ್ಯವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ।

Word by Word

• दातारम्: the giver (donor)
• दातारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दा (धातु) → दातृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय (तृच्) कर्तृवाचक, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन / Agent noun (tṛc), masculine, accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (likewise)

• आत्मानम्: oneself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन / Masculine, accusative singular

• तारयन्ति: they cause to cross/save
• तारयन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु) caus. तारय्
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन / Present indicative, 3rd person, plural

• तरन्ति: they cross over
• तरन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन / Present indicative, 3rd person, plural

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन / Neuter, accusative singular

• सोमेश्वरे: at Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन / Masculine, locative singular; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य ईश्वरः)

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन / Masculine, vocative singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन / Pronoun, nominative singular

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन / Optative, 3rd person, singular

• गत: gone, removed
• गत: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपदत्वेन) / Past participle (kta), masculine, nominative singular (as prior member)

• मत्सरः: envy, malice
• मत्सरः: Viśeṣya (Qualified noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन / Masculine, nominative singular

Speaker

Skanda (contextual attribution; vocative “Pārtha” indicates a dialogic address within the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the bank near Somēśvara, a patron performs śrāddha with calm humility; offerings to pitṛs are made with darbha and water, while the Somēśvara liṅga stands nearby, radiating quiet grace; the atmosphere is free of rivalry.

Characters & Entities

• Someshvara
• śrāddha
• Pārtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rites for ancestors bear full fruit when performed with purity of heart—especially freedom from envy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someshvara, praised as a powerful place for śrāddha within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha at Someshvara with a non-envious, pure intention.