Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 124
Devanagari script
स्नानं प्रकुर्वतो मेऽद्य पापं हरतु चार्जितम् । स स्नात्वानेन विधिना संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः
Transliteration
snānaṃ prakurvato me'dya pāpaṃ haratu cārjitam | sa snātvānena vidhinā saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ
Translation
ขอให้บาปที่ข้าพเจ้าสั่งสมไว้ ถูกชำระไปในวันนี้เมื่อข้าพเจ้ากระทำสรงสนานนี้. ครั้นอาบตามพิธีนี้แล้ว พึงบำรุงบรรพชน (ปิตฤ) และเหล่าเทวะด้วยตัรปณะและเครื่องบูชา.
Word by Word
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र क्रियाविशेष्य/कर्मरूपेण (bathing)
प्रकुर्वतःof (me) performing
प्रकुर्वतः:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√कृ (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); षष्ठी, एकवचन; पुं/नपुंसक-सम्भव; ‘(one) who is performing’
मेmy
मे:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (adverb)
पापम्sin
पापम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन
हरतुmay it remove
हरतु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√हृ (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
चand
च:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
अर्जितम्acquired/accumulated
अर्जितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√अर्ज् (धातु) + त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; ‘पापम्’ इति पदस्य विशेषण
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having bathed’
अनेनby this
अनेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
विधिनाby the method/rite
विधिना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन
संतर्प्यhaving satisfied
संतर्प्य:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√तृप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having satisfied (offered oblations)’
पितृदेवताःthe ancestral deities (pitṛs)
पितृदेवताः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन; पितॄणां देवताः (manes/deities of ancestors)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)
Characters & Entities
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)D
DevatāsFAQs
Purification is completed not only by personal bathing but by extending gratitude through offerings to gods and ancestors.
The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha tradition, where snāna is paired with devatā and pitṛ rites.
After bathing by the prescribed method, perform tarpaṇa/santarpana to Pitṛs and devatās.