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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ऋणत्रयाद्विमुच्यन्ते ह्यपुत्राः पुत्रिणस्तथा । तस्मात्तीर्थवरं प्राप्य पुत्रेण नियतात्मना । पितृभ्यस्तर्पणं कार्यं पिण्डदानं विशेषतः

Transliteration

ṛṇatrayādvimucyante hyaputrāḥ putriṇastathā | tasmāttīrthavaraṃ prāpya putreṇa niyatātmanā | pitṛbhyastarpaṇaṃ kāryaṃ piṇḍadānaṃ viśeṣataḥ

Translation

ทั้งผู้ไร้บุตรและผู้มีบุตรย่อมหลุดพ้นจากหนี้สามประการได้ ดังนั้นเมื่อถึงตีรถะอันประเสริฐ บุตรผู้สำรวมตนพึงทำตัรปณะ (tarpaṇa) แด่ปิตฤ และโดยเฉพาะพึงถวายปิณฑทาน (piṇḍa-dāna)

Word by Word
ऋणत्रयात्from the three debts
ऋणत्रयात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootऋणत्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः
विमुच्यन्तेare released
विमुच्यन्ते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + मुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/मध्यवाची अर्थः ‘are freed’
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु (indeed/for)
अपुत्राःsonless (men)
अपुत्राः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअ + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गार्थ (sonless)
पुत्रिणःthose having sons
पुत्रिणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; मतुप्/इन्-प्रत्ययान्त (having sons)
तथाalso
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (also)
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Sambandha (Inference/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक तद्)
Formअव्यय-प्रयोग (तद्-प्रातिपदिकस्य पञ्चमी-रूपेण); हेत्वर्थ (therefore)
तीर्थवरम्the excellent sacred place
तीर्थवरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरं तीर्थम्)
प्राप्यhaving reached
प्राप्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्य (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having reached/obtained’
पुत्रेणby/through a son
पुत्रेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन
नियतात्मनाwith a disciplined self
नियतात्मना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनियत + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (नियतः आत्मा यस्य) / विशेषण-रूपेण
पितृभ्यःto the ancestors
पितृभ्यः:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन
तर्पणम्libation/satiation offering
तर्पणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतर्पण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन
कार्यम्must be done
कार्यम्:
Kriya (Obligation predicate/क्रिया)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृदन्त)
Formअनीयर्/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थक (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done)
पिण्डदानम्offering of rice-balls (piṇḍa)
पिण्डदानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपिण्ड + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पिण्डस्य दानम्)
विशेषतःespecially
विशेषतः:
Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेषतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकार/अतिशय (especially)
Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṇamocana-tīrtha / Tīrtha-vara (as described)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank, the son—calm and restrained—offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands and then places piṇḍas on darbha; subtle presence of satisfied ancestors in the sky.

Characters & Entities
Ṛ
Ṛṇa-traya
P
Pitṛs
T
Tarpaṇa
P
Piṇḍadāna

FAQs

Pilgrimage is not merely personal piety; it is a dharmic service that includes ancestral care through tarpaṇa and piṇḍadāna.

A ‘tīrtha-vara’ (best tīrtha) in the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape; the verse emphasizes its superiority without naming it in the provided line.

At the tīrtha: the son should perform pitṛ-tarpaṇa and, in particular, piṇḍadāna.

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