Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा तु यो भक्त्या तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः । पितरस्तस्य तृप्यन्ति यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम्

Transliteration

tatra snātvā tu yo bhaktyā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ | pitarastasya tṛpyanti yāvadābhūtasamplavam

Translation

Кто, омывшись там с преданностью, совершит тарпану Питрам и девам, — предки его будут удовлетворены вплоть до космического растворения.

Word by Word

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक/अन्वय (particle)

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy/offer libations to
• तर्पयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तृप् (धातु) (णिच् causative: तर्पय-)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पितृदेवताः: the Pitṛs and the deities
• पितृदेवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृदेवता (प्रातिपदिक: पितृ + देवता)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन (object of tarpayet)

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तृप्यन्ति: are satisfied
• तृप्यन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तृप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal limit/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधिबोधक (until/as long as)

• आभूतसम्प्लवम्: up to the dissolution of beings (cosmic deluge)
• आभूतसम्प्लवम्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आभूतसम्प्लव (प्रातिपदिक: आ + भूत + सम्प्लव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; अवधिबोधक (accusative of extent: up to the cosmic dissolution)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda/Devaśilā-tīrtha (tarpaṇa-pradhāna)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bathes at the tīrtha and then offers tarpaṇa—water streaming through cupped hands—while subtle ancestral figures appear content, receiving the offering; the scene hints at vast cosmic time.

Characters & Entities

• Devaśilā Tīrtha
• Pitṛs
• Devatās
• Tarpaṇa
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined with ritual duty (snāna and pitṛ-tarpaṇa) sustains ancestral well-being and strengthens dharma across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devaśilā/Śūlabheda tīrtha area described in this Adhyāya of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at the tīrtha and perform tarpaṇa offerings to Pitṛs and deities with devotion.