Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अङ्कुल्लमूले यः पिण्डं पित्ःनुद्दिश्य दापयेत् । तस्य ते द्वादशाब्दानि तृप्तिं यान्ति पितामहाः

Transliteration

aṅkullamūle yaḥ piṇḍaṃ pitḥnuddiśya dāpayet | tasya te dvādaśābdāni tṛptiṃ yānti pitāmahāḥ

Translation

Sesiapa di pangkal pokok Aṅkulla mempersembahkan piṇḍa dengan niat untuk para Pitṛ, maka para pitāmaha (nenek moyang)nya berpuas hati selama dua belas tahun.

Word by Word

• अङ्कुल्लमूले: at the root of the aṅkulla (tree/plant)
• अङ्कुल्लमूले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्कुल्ल-मूल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अङ्कुल्लस्य मूलम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पिण्डम्: rice-ball offering (piṇḍa)
• पिण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पितॄन्: to the ancestors (fathers)
• पितॄन्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• उद्दिश्य: having dedicated (to)
• उद्दिश्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्-√दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘उद्दिश्य’ = having intended/addressed

• दापयेत्: should cause (it) to be given / should offer
• दापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) [णिच् causative]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ते: those (they)
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• द्वादशाब्दानि: twelve years
• द्वादशाब्दानि: Kala-adhikarana (Time extent/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश-अब्द (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (द्वादश + अब्द)

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यान्ति: attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पितामहाः: grandfathers/forefathers
• पितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (Revākhaṇḍa narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅkullamūla-tīrtha (within Revā/Kusumeśa context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at the base of a sacred tree beside a riverbank tīrtha offers rice-balls (piṇḍa) with water-libations; subtle ancestral figures receive satisfaction in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅkulla (tree/place-marker)
• Pitṛs
• Pitāmahāḥ (forefathers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Place-specific śrāddha done with dedication to the Pitṛs yields enduring ancestral satisfaction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kusumeśa-tīrtha area, with a localized sacred spot identified as the Aṅkulla tree-root.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer (or arrange the offering of) a piṇḍa at the Aṅkulla tree-root, dedicating it to the Pitṛs.