Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

पित्रर्थं च पितृव्यस्य मातुर्मातामहस्य च । मातुलस्य तथा भ्रातुः श्वशुरस्य सुतस्य च

Transliteration

pitrarthaṃ ca pitṛvyasya māturmātāmahasya ca | mātulasya tathā bhrātuḥ śvaśurasya sutasya ca

Translation

เพื่อบิดา เพื่ออาของบิดา เพื่อมารดาและตาของมารดา; อีกทั้งเพื่ออาของมารดา พี่น้องชาย พ่อตา และบุตร—(ย่อมทำการสรง/พิธี ณ ตีรถะได้)

Word by Word

• पितृअर्थम्: for the father’s sake
• पितृअर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; चतुर्थी-अर्थे द्वितीया (for the sake of); तत्पुरुष (पितुः अर्थः)

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

• पितृव्यस्य: of the paternal uncle
• पितृव्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मातामहस्य: of the maternal grandfather
• मातामहस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• मातुलस्य: of the maternal uncle
• मातुलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• भ्रातुः: of the brother
• भ्रातुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• श्वशुरस्य: of the father-in-law
• श्वशुरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सुतस्य: of the son
• सुतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

Speaker

Uncertain from snippet (continuation of tīrtha-merit allocation rules; speaker not named here)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā ghāṭ tarpaṇa/śrāddha context (general)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a Narmadā ghāṭ performs tarpaṇa with cupped hands, sesame and water, reciting names of father, uncles, maternal kin, in-laws, and son; subtle ancestral figures appear in the background receiving offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛ (father)
• Pitṛvya (paternal uncle)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred acts at tīrthas can be dedicated for the welfare of specific family relations, linking pilgrimage with familial dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; it continues a general teaching about tīrtha acts and dedication.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It lists relatives for whom one may perform a tīrtha-related act (contextually, bathing/pilgrimage dedication).