Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः । श्राद्धं यः कुरुते तत्र पित्ःणां भक्तिभावितः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ | śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kurute tatra pitḥṇāṃ bhaktibhāvitaḥ

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ മനുഷ്യൻ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് പിതൃദേവതകളെ തർപ്പണങ്ങളാൽ തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തണം; പിന്നെ അവിടെ പിതൃഭക്തിയോടെ ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied (with offerings)
• संतर्प्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• पितृदेवताः: the Pitṛ-deities (ancestors as deities)
• पितृदेवताः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (पितर एव देवताः)

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (यः... सः)

• कुरुते: does, performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

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

• भक्तिभावितः: imbued with devotion
• भक्तिभावितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + भावित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (भक्त्या भावितः); विशेषणम् (यः/नरः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (pitṛ-kārya-pradhāna, contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee after bathing offers tarpana with cupped hands to the river, then performs śrāddha with piṇḍas on darbha; subtle presence of pitṛs suggested as translucent figures receiving offerings; mood tender and reverent.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Pitṛdevatāḥ
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is incomplete without gratitude: devotion to ancestors through tarpaṇa and śrāddha is praised as a high dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha of Adhyāya 220 in Revākhaṇḍa, suited for pitṛ-kārya (ancestral rites).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna, pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying ancestors), and performing śrāddha at the tīrtha.