Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तिलमिश्रेण तोयेन तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः । द्वादशाब्दे भवेत्प्रीतिस्तत्र तीर्थे महीपते

Transliteration

tilamiśreṇa toyena tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ | dvādaśābde bhavetprītistatra tīrthe mahīpate

Translation

ഹേ മഹീപതേ! ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ എള്ള് കലർന്ന ജലത്തോടെ പിതൃദേവതകൾക്ക് തർപ്പണം ചെയ്യണം; അതിനാൽ അവിടെ പിതൃകൾ പന്ത്രണ്ട് വർഷം പ്രസന്നരാകും।

Word by Word

• तिलमिश्रेण: mixed with sesame
• तिलमिश्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिल-मिश्र (प्रातिपदिक; तिल + मिश्र)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; तृतीया-सम्बन्धः; (तिलैः मिश्रः)

• तोयेन: with water
• तोयेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy/offer libations to
• तर्पयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense not marked here (simple)

• पितृदेवताः: the Pitṛ-deities (manes)
• पितृदेवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ-देवता (प्रातिपदिक; पितृ + देवता)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (पितर एव देवताः)

• द्वादशाब्दे: in twelve years / at the twelve-year (period)
• द्वादशाब्दे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश-अब्द (प्रातिपदिक; द्वादश + अब्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (द्वादश अब्दाः यस्मिन् काले)

• भवेत्: would be/arises
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रीतिः: satisfaction/pleasure
• प्रीतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महीपते: O king
• महीपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही-पति (प्रातिपदिक; मही + पति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महीयाः पतिः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: māhīpati (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king at a river ford, guided by a priest, offering sesame-mixed water with cupped hands; subtle presence of Pitṛs receiving the offering in a luminous, ancestral realm.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Mahīpati (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestral gratitude is dharma: simple offerings done at a praised tīrtha yield long-lasting spiritual benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa; the verse emphasizes its special efficacy for Pitṛ rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa using water mixed with sesame (tila).