Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तिलमिश्रेण तोयेनातर्पयत्पितृदेवताः । गृह्यास्थीनि ततो राजा चिक्षेपान्तर्जले तदा

Transliteration

tilamiśreṇa toyenātarpayatpitṛdevatāḥ | gṛhyāsthīni tato rājā cikṣepāntarjale tadā

Translation

تل ملے پانی سے اس نے ترپن کر کے پِتر دیوتاؤں کو سیراب کیا۔ پھر راجا نے ہڈیاں اٹھا کر اسی وقت پانی کے اندر بہا دیں۔

Word by Word

• tila-miśreṇa: with (water) mixed with sesame
• tila-miśreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक) + miśra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; तिलेन मिश्रितेन (mixed with sesame)

• toyena: with water
• toyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन

• atarpayat: satisfied / offered libations
• atarpayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṛp (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘to satisfy/offer libation’

• pitṛ-devatāḥ: the ancestral deities (pitṛs)
• pitṛ-devatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्तृ/Subject), बहुवचन; पितॄणां देवताः (ancestral deities)

• gṛhya: having taken
• gṛhya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund) ‘गृह्य’ = गृहीत्वा; अव्ययभाव (indeclinable gerund)

• asthīni: bones
• asthīni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), बहुवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kala/Desha (Temporal/Locative adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तर (then/thereupon)

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्तृ/Subject), एकवचन

• cikṣepa: threw
• cikṣepa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣip (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• antar-jale: into the water / within the water
• antar-jale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antar (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन; जले अन्तः (within the water)

• tadā: at that time
• tadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (at that time)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank, the king offers tila-mixed water as tarpaṇa; then reverently gathers bones/ashes and consigns them into the flowing Revā, with priests and ritual vessels nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (Pitṛ-devatās)
• Tila (sesame)
• Tīrtha waters (Revā/Narmadā, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pitṛ-dharma performed at a tīrtha transforms ancestral rites into a powerful channel of merit and upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred waters, central to the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa using tila-miśra toya (sesame-mixed water) and the immersion of asthi (relics) into the river.