Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

उवाह सलिलं तीर्थे देवर्षिपितृतृप्तिदम् । स्ववंशनायकस्याग्रे सूर्येण कृतमेव तत्

Transliteration

uvāha salilaṃ tīrthe devarṣipitṛtṛptidam | svavaṃśanāyakasyāgre sūryeṇa kṛtameva tat

Translation

തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ജലം ഒഴുകി വന്നു; അത് ദേവന്മാർക്കും ഋഷിമാർക്കും പിതൃകൾക്കും തൃപ്തി നല്കുന്നതായിരുന്നു. അത് സൂര്യൻ തന്റെ വംശനായകന്റെ സന്നിധിയിൽ തന്നെയാക്കി.

Word by Word

• उवाह: carried/bore
• उवाह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• देवर्षिपितृतृप्तिदम्: satisfying gods, sages, and ancestors
• देवर्षिपितृतृप्तिदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (देवर्षिपितॄणां तृप्तिदम् = giving satisfaction to gods, sages, and ancestors)

• स्ववंशनायकस्य: of the leader of his own lineage
• स्ववंशनायकस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + नायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य वंशस्य नायकः)

• अग्रे: in front/presence
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in front of)

• सूर्येण: by the Sun
• सूर्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental/agent in passive sense)

• कृतम्: done/made
• कृतम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done/made’

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• तत्: that (thing)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (context speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya tīrtha (specific name not given in verse)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (continuing address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya’s power causes sacred water to surge or be carried into the tīrtha; priests and sages perform tarpaṇa, while a lineage-leader (svavaṃśa-nāyaka) witnesses the miracle under the blazing yet benevolent sun.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Devas
• Ṛṣis (Devarṣis)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-water is portrayed as a bridge between worlds, capable of offering satisfaction to devas, sages, and ancestors when used with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within Dharmāraṇya is praised, marked by miraculous water associated with Sūrya and ancestral satisfaction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

While not explicit, the phrase ‘pitṛ-tṛpti’ strongly implies tarpana/offerings to ancestors using tīrtha-water.