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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57

तस्मिन्दिने तत्र गत्वा यस्तु श्राद्धप्रदो भवेत् । पितॄणामक्षया तृप्तिर्जायते शतवार्षिकी

tasmindine tatra gatvā yastu śrāddhaprado bhavet | pitṝṇāmakṣayā tṛptirjāyate śatavārṣikī

Sesiapa yang pada hari itu pergi ke sana lalu mempersembahkan śrāddha, akan terbit kepuasan yang tidak binasa bagi para Pitṛ-nya, berkekalan selama seratus tahun.

तस्मिन्on that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
दिनेday
दिने:
Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootगम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया—'having gone'
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
तुindeed, but
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)
श्राद्धप्रदःone who offers śrāddha
श्राद्धप्रदः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः—'श्राद्धं प्रददाति' (giver of śrāddha)
भवेत्should be/becomes
भवेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
पितॄणाम्of the ancestors
पितॄणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
अक्षयाimperishable, inexhaustible
अक्षया:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'अक्षया' = imperishable (agreeing with तृप्तिः)
तृप्तिःsatisfaction, contentment
तृप्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
जायतेarises, is born
जायते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
शतवार्षिकीlasting a hundred years
शतवार्षिकी:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशत + वार्षिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; परिमाण-तत्पुरुषः—'शतवर्ष-पर्यन्ता' (lasting a hundred years)

Tīrtha-māhātmya narrator (contextual; likely a sage addressing a king)

Tirtha: Brahmaśilā/Gayāśiras Revā-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Scene: A pilgrim arrives on the appointed amāvasyā day and performs śrāddha near the sacred stone by the river; pitṛs receive offerings and appear satisfied, their forms luminous and serene, signifying a century-long contentment.

Ś
Śrāddha
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)
G
Gayāśiras tīrtha

FAQs

Dharma toward one’s ancestors is amplified when performed at a praised tīrtha on an auspicious day.

The Gayāśiras-śilā tīrtha within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape.

Go to the tīrtha on the specified sacred day and perform śrāddha for the pitṛs to obtain long-lasting ancestral satisfaction.