Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

स्नानेन पिंडदानेन पितॄणां तर्पणे कृते । तृप्तिर्भवति भूपाल तथा गोमतिदर्शनात्

Transliteration

snānena piṃḍadānena pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇe kṛte | tṛptirbhavati bhūpāla tathā gomatidarśanāt

Translation

غسل کرنے سے، پِنڈ دان دینے سے اور پِتروں کے لیے ترپن ادا کرنے سے، اے راجا، واقعی تسکین حاصل ہوتی ہے؛ اسی طرح گومتی کے درشن سے بھی تسکین ملتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• स्नानेन: by bathing
• स्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/Means—करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक; √स्ना स्नाने)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पिण्डदानेन: by offering piṇḍas (funeral rice-balls)
• पिण्डदानेन: Karana (Instrument/Means—करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक; √दा दाने)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—पिण्डस्य दानम्

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• तर्पणे: in/at the act of tarpaṇa (libation)
• तर्पणे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तर्पण (प्रातिपदिक; √तृप् तर्पणे)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘तर्पणे कृते’ = तर्पणकर्मणि सम्पन्ने

• कृते: when (it is) done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Temporal circumstance/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ करणे)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘तर्पणे’ इत्यनेन सह सति-सप्तमी (when tarpaṇa is done)

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक; √तृप् तृप्तौ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवति: arises/occurs
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु; भवने)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूपाल: O king
• भूपाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—भूः पालः (king)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

• गोमतिदर्शनात्: from/by seeing the Gomati
• गोमतिदर्शनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source—ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् दर्शने)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—गोमत्याः दर्शनम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, Dvārakā-māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpāla (the king addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the sandy bank of the Gomati, a devotee performs tarpaṇa with cupped hands, offering water with sesame; nearby, piṇḍas are placed on darbha; the river glows as a goddess-like presence, while a king listens to the teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Gomatī
• bhūpāla (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha power can amplify or even match the fruits of elaborate rites; sacred places support dharma with accessible means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati river is exalted—its mere darśana is said to confer a profound ritual fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), piṇḍa-dāna (ancestral offering), and tarpaṇa (libations) for Pitṛs.