Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

आगत्य तु इतः सोऽपि कृऽत्वा यात्रां क्रमेण च । यथोक्तेन विधानेन स्नात्वा संतर्प्य तान्पितॄन्

Transliteration

āgatya tu itaḥ so'pi kṛ'tvā yātrāṃ krameṇa ca | yathoktena vidhānena snātvā saṃtarpya tānpitṝn

Translation

Pagdating doon, isinagawa rin niya ang paglalakbay-pananampalataya nang sunod-sunod; at matapos maligo ayon sa itinakdang tuntunin, pinasiyahan niya ang mga Pitṛ (mga espiritu ng ninuno) sa pamamagitan ng mga handog.

Word by Word

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम् (धातु) → आगत्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having come)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (but/indeed)

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (from here)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done/performed)

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• क्रमेण: in due order/step by step
• क्रमेण: Karana/Adverbial (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (instrumental used adverbially)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• यथा-उक्तेन: as prescribed
• यथा-उक्तेन: Karana/Adverbial (Manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथा-उक्त (प्रातिपदिक; उक्त = √वच् क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; समासः—अव्ययीभावः (यथोक्त = as said/prescribed); ‘उक्त’ भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• विधानेन: by the procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied
• संतर्प्य: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√तृप् (धातु) → संतर्प्य (ल्यप्/gerund)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having satisfied/propitiated)

• तान्: those
• तान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘those’ (qualifying pitṛn)

• पितṝन्: the ancestors (manes)
• पितṝन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; ऋ-प्रातिपदिक (pitṛ)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa—Ayodhyāmāhātmya; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā tīrtha-krama (sequence of tīrthas)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya performs dawn snāna, then sits facing the river, offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; subtle ancestral forms receive the offerings, appearing as gentle silhouettes or rays of light rising from the water.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha-yātrā integrates personal purification (snāna) with gratitude to lineage through pitṛ-tarpaṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā’s pilgrimage-circuit of tīrthas (implied), undertaken in ordered stages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna according to rule and tarpaṇa (satisfying) the Pitṛs—standard pilgrimage observances.