Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तस्य ते द्वादशाब्दानि तृप्तिं यान्ति सुतर्पिताः । पादुकोपानहौ छत्रं शय्यामासनमेव च

Transliteration

tasya te dvādaśābdāni tṛptiṃ yānti sutarpitāḥ | pādukopānahau chatraṃ śayyāmāsanameva ca

Translation

เพื่อผู้นั้น เหล่าปิตฤที่ได้รับตัรปณะอย่างดี ย่อมมีความอิ่มเอมยาวนานสิบสองปี และ (อาจถวายทาน) รองเท้าแตะ รองเท้า ร่ม เตียง และที่นั่งด้วย—

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• द्वादशाब्दानि: for twelve years
• द्वादशाब्दानि: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यान्ति: go to; attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• सुतर्पिताः: well-satisfied; well-propitiated
• सुतर्पिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + तृप् (धातु) → तर्पित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पादुक: sandals
• पादुक: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादुका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• उपानहौ: shoes (pair)
• उपानहौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपानह् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), द्विवचन (Dual)

• छत्रम्: umbrella
• छत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• शय्याम्: bed
• शय्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• आसनम्: seat
• आसनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After tarpaṇa, the pilgrim offers sandals, an umbrella, a bedroll, and a low seat to a brāhmaṇa/ascetic; behind them, subtle ancestral figures appear content, receiving the offering’s merit.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestral rites performed with sincerity at a tīrtha produce enduring benefit; dāna complements tarpaṇa as a dharmic support.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuklatīrtha (continuing context), where pitṛ-tarpaṇa yields twelve-year satisfaction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering tarpaṇa and giving practical gifts in charity—footwear, umbrella, bed, and seat.