Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

येन तातं निजं भक्त्या तर्पयित्वा विधानतः । ऋणस्य मुक्तिर्भवति येन मे पैतृकस्यच

Transliteration

yena tātaṃ nijaṃ bhaktyā tarpayitvā vidhānataḥ | ṛṇasya muktirbhavati yena me paitṛkasyaca

Translation

اس کے ذریعے، اپنے والد کو عقیدت اور قاعدے کے مطابق مطمئن کر کے، انسان قرض سے نجات پاتا ہے—اسی طرح میں بھی اپنے آبائی فرض سے آزاد ہو جاؤں گا۔

Word by Word

• येन: by which, whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; ‘by which/whereby’

• तातम्: father
• तातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• निजम्: one's own
• निजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तातम्)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• तर्पयित्वा: having satisfied
• तर्पयित्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु; caus. तर्पय्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); causative sense ‘having satisfied’

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed rite
• विधानतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) = ‘according to rule/ritually’

• ऋणस्य: of the debt
• ऋणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• मुक्तिः: release, liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (कर्ता/वर्ण्य), एकवचन

• भवति: becomes, occurs
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• येन: whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-सम्बन्ध ‘whereby’

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; enclitic

• पैतृकस्य: ancestral, pertaining to the father/ancestors
• पैतृकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पैतृक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ऋणस्य understood)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = conjunction ‘and’

Speaker

Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm concluding tableau: the pitṛ-tarpaṇa act is understood as completed; the rishi explains that devotion and proper rule bring release from debt and fulfill ancestral obligation.

Characters & Entities

• pitṛ-ṛṇa (ancestral debt, concept)
• father (tāta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional, rule-guided ancestor offerings are presented as a dharmic means to lessen or discharge pitṛ-related obligations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefit statement is tied to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra pit described immediately before.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform tarpaṇa for one’s father/ancestors with bhakti and in accordance with vidhi (proper injunction).