Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

पितॄंश्च तर्पयिष्यन्ति य त्र श्रद्धासमन्विताः । जलेनापि गयाश्राद्धात्ते लप्स्यन्ते धिकं फलम्

Transliteration

pitṝṃśca tarpayiṣyanti ya tra śraddhāsamanvitāḥ | jalenāpi gayāśrāddhātte lapsyante dhikaṃ phalam

Translation

ผู้ใดประกอบตัรปณะ (หลั่งน้ำบูชาบรรพชน) ณ ตีรถะแห่งนี้ด้วยศรัทธา แม้เพียงใช้น้ำของที่นี่ ก็จักได้ผลยิ่งกว่าการทำศราทธะที่คยา

Word by Word

• पितॄन्: ancestors, fathers
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

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

• तर्पयिष्यन्ति: will satisfy/offer libations to
• तर्पयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्/तर्प् (धातु; तर्पयति)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative stem: तर्पय-)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (here)

• श्रद्धा-समन्विताः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धा-समन्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; अन्वि/अनु+इ धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (श्रद्धया समन्विताः)

• जलेन: with water
• जलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक निपात (also/even)

• गया-श्राद्धात्: than the Gayā śrāddha
• गया-श्राद्धात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक) + श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (गयायां कृतं श्राद्धम्)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• लप्स्यन्ते: will obtain
• लप्स्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• अधिकम्: greater, more
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (फलम् इति)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet riverbank/kuṇḍa where a devotee performs tarpaṇa with cupped hands; subtle presence of pitṛs receiving offerings; the tīrtha-water is highlighted as sacred and efficacious.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Gayā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith-filled ancestral rites performed at a praised tīrtha can yield extraordinary merit, even surpassing famed pilgrimage rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 182 (the precise toponym is not present in this verse snippet).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (offering water-libations to ancestors) performed here with श्रद्धा (faith).