Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

दधिभिः सह संमिश्रं पिण्डं यस्तु प्रदापयेत् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा विधिवद्दक्षिणामुखः

Transliteration

dadhibhiḥ saha saṃmiśraṃ piṇḍaṃ yastu pradāpayet | tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā vidhivaddakṣiṇāmukhaḥ

Translation

Sesiapa yang mempersembahkan piṇḍa yang dicampur dadhi (susu masam), setelah mandi di tīrtha itu, hendaklah menurut tatacara menghadap ke selatan (dakṣiṇāmukha) ketika melaksanakan upacara.

Word by Word

• dadhibhiḥ: with curds
• dadhibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural neuter

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahārtha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition) — with; governs तृतीया

• saṃmiśram: mixed
• saṃmiśram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃmiśra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular neuter (agreeing with पिण्डम्)

• piṇḍam: piṇḍa offering
• piṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular masculine

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun nominative singular masculine

• tu: indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• pradāpayet: should offer
• pradāpayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dā (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः — should cause to be given/should offer

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative singular neuter

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative singular neuter

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular masculine

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — having bathed

• vidhivat: according to the prescribed rite
• vidhivat: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘according to rule’; तद्धितान्त अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग (adverbial formation)

• dakṣiṇā-mukhaḥ: facing south
• dakṣiṇā-mukhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (दक्षिणा मुखं यस्य) — Nominative singular masculine (qualifying नरः)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continued context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee freshly bathed sits on darbha mat at the riverbank, clearly oriented south; a small compass-like cue (sun path) indicates direction; he offers a curd-mixed piṇḍa on a leaf-plate while a priest instructs.

Characters & Entities

• Piṇḍa (ancestral offering)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic practice emphasizes both sacred place and correct procedure: tīrtha-snāna and vidhivat performance together make the rite efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

“That tīrtha” refers to the tīrtha under discussion in this passage—within the Dadhiskanda/Madhuskanda sequence of Revākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After bathing at the tīrtha, offer a curd-mixed piṇḍa while facing south, following proper ritual rules.