Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
ततश्च विधिना सम्यक्चकारपितृतर्पणम्
Transliteration
tataśca vidhinā samyakcakārapitṛtarpaṇam
Translation
پھر اُس نے شاستری طریقے کے مطابق پوری طرح پِتروں کا تَرپَن، یعنی آبِ نذرِ تسکین، درست طور پر ادا کیا۔
Word by Word
tataḥthen/thereafter
tataḥ:
Sequence (Then)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formक्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thereafter)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
vidhināaccording to rule/rite
vidhinā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)
samyakproperly
samyak:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsamyak (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: properly)
cakāradid/performed
cakāra:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)
pitṛ-tarpaṇamoffering of satisfaction to the ancestors (pitṛ-tarpaṇa)
pitṛ-tarpaṇam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + tarpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)
Speaker
Unspecified (narrative continuation)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Puṣkara (as pitṛ-tarpaṇa tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: On the bank after bathing, the sage sits facing south, offers water-libations with cupped hands, kusa grass and a small vessel beside him; the atmosphere is quiet and solemn.
Characters & Entities
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PitṛsFAQs
Pilgrimage is not only personal purification; it includes gratitude and duty toward one’s lineage through pitṛ rites.
Puṣkara tīrtha contextually, as the place where snāna and pitṛ-tarpaṇa are performed.
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa performed ‘vidhinā’—according to proper ritual procedure—after bathing.