Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तत्र भाद्रपदे मासि कृष्णपक्षे विशेषतः । अमावास्यां तु यः स्नात्वा तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः

Transliteration

tatra bhādrapade māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ | amāvāsyāṃ tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ

Translation

Ali—especialmente no mês de Bhādrapada, na quinzena escura—quem se banhar no dia de amāvasyā e oferecer tarpaṇa às divindades ancestrais, os Pitṛs…

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• bhādrapade: in (the month of) Bhādrapada
• bhādrapade: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhādrapada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मास-नाम

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• kṛṣṇapakṣe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇapakṣe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘of the dark fortnight’)

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/विशेषवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (‘especially’)

• amāvāsyām: on the new-moon day
• amāvāsyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधसूचक (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having bathed’

• tarpayet: should satisfy/offer libations to
• tarpayet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tṛp (तृप्) [causative √tarpay]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• pitṛdevatāḥ: the Pitṛ-deities/ancestors
• pitṛdevatāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘deities of the ancestors’ = ancestors as deities)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (amāvāsyā snāna for Pitṛs)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a Narmadā ghat on amāvāsyā in Bhādrapada; bathing, then offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands toward the river, invoking Pitṛs and devas.

Characters & Entities

• Bhādrapada
• Kṛṣṇapakṣa
• Amāvāsyā
• Pitṛs
• Tīrtha at Revā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring ancestors at the right time and place is a core expression of Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Paitāmaha-tīrtha on the Revā (Narmadā), recommended for Pitṛ rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna on Bhādrapada kṛṣṇapakṣa amāvāsyā and tarpaṇa to the Pitṛs.