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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 107

तत्र स्नात्वा पितॄंस्तर्प्य रत्नदीपं प्रदाय च । समस्तं कार्तिकं यावदयोध्यां प्रस्थितास्ततः

tatra snātvā pitṝṃstarpya ratnadīpaṃ pradāya ca | samastaṃ kārtikaṃ yāvadayodhyāṃ prasthitāstataḥ

ครั้นอาบสนาน ณ ที่นั้นแล้ว บำเพ็ญตัรปณะอุทิศแด่ปิตฤทั้งหลาย และถวายประทีปรัตนะแล้ว พวกเขาจึงออกเดินทางสู่อโยธยา และถือปฏิบัติอยู่ตลอดเดือนการ์ติกะ

tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (Locative)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (देशवाचक) — ‘there’
snātvāhaving bathed
snātvā:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√snā (धातु) + क्त्वा
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त — ‘having bathed’
pitṝnthe ancestors
pitṝn:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — ‘ancestors/fathers’
tarpyahaving satisfied
tarpya:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√tṛp (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त — ‘having satisfied (by libations)’
ratnadīpama jewel-lamp
ratnadīpam:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootratnadīpa (प्रातिपदिक; ratna + dīpa)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘a jewel-lamp’
pradāyahaving given
pradāya:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√dā (धातु) + ल्यप्
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त — ‘having given’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — ‘and’
samastamthe whole
samastam:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootsamasta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम् ‘kārtikam’: ‘entire/whole’
kārtikamKārtika (month)
kārtikam:
Karma (Extent of time/कालपरिमाण)
TypeNoun
Rootkārtika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘(the month of) Kārtika’ (duration)
yāvatuntil; up to
yāvat:
Adhikarana (Limit marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyāvat (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (परिमाण/अवधि) — ‘up to; until’
ayodhyāmto Ayodhyā
ayodhyām:
Karma (Gati/Goal)
TypeNoun
Rootayodhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘to Ayodhyā’
prasthitāḥset out
prasthitāḥ:
Kriya (Predicate via participle)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√sthā (धातु) + क्त
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘having set out/departed’
tataḥfrom there; thereafter
tataḥ:
Apadana (Source)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (अपादान/क्रम) — ‘from there/thereafter’

Narrative voice (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Type: ghat

Scene: At a sacred waterbody, pilgrims bathe and offer tarpaṇa to Pitṛs; they place a jeweled lamp; then a caravan departs on the road toward Ayodhyā under Kārtika skies.

P
Pitṛs
K
Kārtika (month)
A
Ayodhyā

FAQs

Pilgrimage is completed by dharmic acts—bathing, honoring ancestors, and lamp-giving—especially in the sanctifying month of Kārtika.

The tīrtha under discussion in Adhyāya 103, where Kārtika bathing and lamp-gifts yield special merit.

Snāna (bathing), pitṛ-tarpaṇa (ancestor libations), and ratnadīpa-pradāna (offering a precious lamp), with Kārtika observance implied.