Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

ततः संतर्पयिष्यंति पितॄनथ पितामहान् । तथान्यानपि बंधूंश्च सुहृत्संबंधिबांधवान्

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃtarpayiṣyaṃti pitṝnatha pitāmahān | tathānyānapi baṃdhūṃśca suhṛtsaṃbaṃdhibāṃdhavān

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം അവർ പിതൃന്മാർക്കും പിതാമഹന്മാർക്കും തർപ്പണം അർപ്പിക്കും; അതുപോലെ മറ്റു ബന്ധുക്കൾക്കും സുഹൃത്തുകൾക്കും ബന്ധബന്ധുക്കൾക്കും കുടുംബക്കാർക്കും കൂടി।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• संतर्पयिष्यन्ति: will satisfy (with offerings)
• संतर्पयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + √tṛp (तृप् धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘will satisfy/offer libations to’

• पितṝन्: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितṝन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; कर्म (acc. pl. ‘fathers/manes’)

• अथ: then, next
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक/क्रम (then/next)

• पितामहान्: grandfathers
• पितामहान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; कर्म (acc. pl. ‘grandfathers’)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकार (also)

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; विशेषण (acc. pl. ‘other’)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-भाव (also)

• बन्धून्: kinsmen, relatives
• बन्धून्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bandhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; कर्म (acc. pl. ‘kinsmen/relatives’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• सुहृत्-संबन्धि-बान्धवान्: friends, relations, and kinsmen
• सुहृत्-संबन्धि-बान्धवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suhṛt + saṃbandhin + bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/समुच्चयार्थक समास (friends + relations + kinsmen); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; कर्म (acc. pl.)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a riverbank, the performer offers water-libations in sequence—first to fathers and grandfathers, then mentally to other departed kin and friends; multiple small water streams into the river, with kuśa and sesame present.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• pitāmaha (grandfather)
• bandhu (kinsman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tarpaṇa expands beyond immediate ancestors, expressing gratitude and sacred obligation to wider kin and relations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is within a tīrthamāhātmya setting, but the site name is not stated in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer tarpaṇa sequentially to fathers and grandfathers, and also to other kin and relations.