Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

चित्रभानुः स्मृतस्तैस्तु विचिन्त्य हृदये हरिम् । स्नात्वा रेवाजले पुण्ये तर्पिताः पितृदेवताः

Transliteration

citrabhānuḥ smṛtastaistu vicintya hṛdaye harim | snātvā revājale puṇye tarpitāḥ pitṛdevatāḥ

Translation

Lalu mereka mengingati Citrabhānu; dan dengan merenung Hari di dalam hati, mereka mandi di air suci Revā serta mempersembahkan tarpaṇa untuk memuaskan para Pitṛ dan para dewa.

Word by Word

• चित्रभानुः: Citrabhānu (the Sun; ‘bright-rayed one’)
• चित्रभानुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रभानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (चित्रः भानुः)

• स्मृतः: (was) remembered
• स्मृतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘remembered’

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/अन्वयार्थे ‘but/indeed’

• विचिन्त्य: having contemplated
• विचिन्त्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चिन्त् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive -ya), ‘having reflected’

• हृदये: in the heart
• हृदये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• हरिम्: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having bathed’

• रेवाजले: in the waters of Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवाजले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रेवायाः जलम्)

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रेवाजले)

• तर्पिताः: (were) satisfied/propitiated
• तर्पिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्/तर्प् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘satiated/propitiated’

• पितृदेवताः: the ancestral deities (pitṛs)
• पितृदेवताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितॄणां देवताः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic voice within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by later address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims on the riverbank at dawn: hands folded, remembering Citrabhānu; one meditates on Hari inwardly while others step into the Revā for snāna; afterward they offer water-libations to Pitṛs and devas.

Characters & Entities

• Citrabhānu
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Pitṛs
• Devatāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by inner remembrance (Hari in the heart) and dharmic rites like tarpaṇa—uniting devotion, purity, and ancestral duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā-jala—the sacred waters of the Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in Revā and tarpaṇa (oblations) to Pitṛs and devas, accompanied by Hari-dhyāna/smṛti.