Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः । सोऽग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ | so'gniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ ตีรถะนั้น แล้วถวายตัรปณะ (ทัรปณะ) แด่ปิตฤและเหล่าเทพ ย่อมได้ผลแห่งยัญญะอัคนิษโฏมะโดยไม่ต้องสงสัย

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy (offer to)
• तर्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative (to satisfy/offer libations)

• पितृदेवताः: the ancestral deities
• पितृदेवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—पितॄणां देवताः (ancestral deities)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अग्निष्टोमस्य: of the Agniṣṭoma
• अग्निष्टोमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—अग्निः + स्तोमः (अग्निष्टोम-यागनाम)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Certainty/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (certainly, without doubt)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karañja-tīrtha / Karañjeśvara-tīrtha (implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, after bathing, stands at the river edge offering water with cupped hands for pitṛs and devas; subtle ancestral presence is suggested.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Devatās
• Agniṣṭoma Yajña
• Tīrtha (Revā-region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-karma can confer the merit of major Vedic sacrifices when done with proper ancestral and divine offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Revā-region tīrtha sanctified by Śiva’s boon-event and Karañja’s establishment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha followed by tarpaṇa to Pitṛs and devatās.