Shloka 88 - Adhyaya 7 - Dharmaranya Mahatmya - Brahma Khanda | Tamil | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

येषां तु स्नानवस्त्रोत्थं भूमौ पतति पुत्रक । तेन ये तरुतां प्राप्तास्तेषां तृप्तिः प्रजायते

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ tu snānavastrotthaṃ bhūmau patati putraka | tena ye tarutāṃ prāptāsteṣāṃ tṛptiḥ prajāyate

Translation

மகனே! குளித்த துணியிலிருந்து சொட்டும் நீர் நிலத்தில் விழுந்தால், அந்தப் புண்ணியத்தால் மரநிலையை அடைந்த பித்ருக்கள் திருப்தி பெறுகின்றனர்.

Word by Word

येषाम्of whom

तुindeed/but

स्नान-वस्त्र-उत्थम्arising from the bathing cloth (wash-water etc.)

भूमौon the ground

पततिfalls

पुत्रकO dear son

तेनby that

येwho (those who)

तरुताम्tree-hood, state of being a tree

प्राप्ताःhaving attained

तेषाम्of them

तृप्तिःsatisfaction

प्रजायतेarises, is produced

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing 'putraka'; instructional tone within śrāddha/tīrtha context)

Characters & Entities

Ancestors (Pitṛs)

Tarutā (tree-state)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even small, incidental acts connected to tīrtha-ritual purity are believed to generate benefit for beings in difficult rebirths.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Dharmakūpa/Dharmāraṇya ritual setting though it does not restate the name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act referenced is snāna and the falling of water from the bathing cloth onto the earth, which is said to satisfy ancestors in a tree-state.