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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः । पितरस्तस्य तृप्यन्ति पिण्डदानाद्दशाब्दिकम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ | pitarastasya tṛpyanti piṇḍadānāddaśābdikam

Translation

Quem se banha nesse vau sagrado e, em seguida, oferece tarpaṇa às divindades Pitṛ—seus ancestrais—faz com que os Pitṛs se satisfaçam, como se tivesse feito oferendas de piṇḍa por dez anos.

Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place
तीर्थेat the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
तीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular
तुindeed/and
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात/समुच्चय-व्यतिरेकसूचक) — particle ‘but/indeed’
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular (relative pronoun)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (पूर्वकाल) — gerund/absolutive: ‘having bathed’
तर्पयेत्should satisfy/offer libations to
तर्पयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतृप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada
पितृदेवताःthe deities of the Pitṛs (ancestral deities)
पितृदेवताः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन — Feminine, Accusative plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पितॄणां देवताः)
पितरःthe ancestors (Pitṛs)
पितरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative plural
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular (of him)
तृप्यन्तिare satisfied
तृप्यन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतृप् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Present, 3rd person plural, Atmanepada
पिण्डदानात्from the offering of rice-balls (piṇḍa-offering)
पिण्डदानात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootपिण्ड + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पिण्डस्य दानम्)
दशाब्दिकम्for ten years (ten-year duration)
दशाब्दिकम्:
Karma (Extent/measure as object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootदश + अब्दिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular; द्विगु-समासः (दश अब्दाः यस्य/यावत्)
Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā tīrtha (unspecified ford)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a calm river-ford of the Narmadā, having bathed, stands facing south offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; subtle ancestral figures appear satisfied in the background, with riverbank trees and a small shrine nearby.

Characters & Entities
T
Tīrtha
P
Pitṛ-devatāḥ
P
Piṇḍa-dāna
T
Tarpaṇa

FAQs

Pilgrimage bathing joined with ancestral offerings integrates personal purity with gratitude to lineage, yielding amplified merit.

The ‘tatra tīrtha’—the Revā Khaṇḍa holy bathing place associated with Māṇḍavyeśvara/Nārāyaṇa.

Snāna (ritual bath) followed by tarpaṇa to Pitṛs; the fruit is compared to ten years of piṇḍa-dāna.

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