Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततश्च विधिना सम्यक्चकारपितृतर्पणम्

Transliteration

tataśca vidhinā samyakcakārapitṛtarpaṇam

Translation

ततः स विधिना सम्यक् पितॄणां तर्पणं समाचकार।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Sequence (Then)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thereafter)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vidhinā: according to rule/rite
• vidhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• cakāra: did/performed
• cakāra: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• pitṛ-tarpaṇam: offering of satisfaction to the ancestors (pitṛ-tarpaṇa)
• pitṛ-tarpaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + tarpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative continuation)

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only personal purification; it includes gratitude and duty toward one’s lineage through pitṛ rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara tīrtha contextually, as the place where snāna and pitṛ-tarpaṇa are performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa performed ‘vidhinā’—according to proper ritual procedure—after bathing.