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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः । श्राद्धं यः कुरुते तत्र पित्ःणां भक्तिभावितः

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ | śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kurute tatra pitḥṇāṃ bhaktibhāvitaḥ

Tại tīrtha ấy, người nào sau khi tắm gội, lại làm lễ tarpaṇa để làm thỏa lòng các thần tổ tiên (Pitṛ), rồi với lòng sùng kính đối với Pitṛ mà cử hành śrāddha tại đó—(sẽ được ân phúc đặc biệt).

तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (देशवाचक)
तीर्थेat the tīrtha
तीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)
संतर्प्यhaving satisfied (with offerings)
संतर्प्य:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-तृप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)
पितृदेवताःthe Pitṛ-deities (ancestors as deities)
पितृदेवताः:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (पितर एव देवताः)
श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite
श्राद्धम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (यः... सः)
कुरुतेdoes, performs
कुरुते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (देशवाचक)
पितॄणाम्of the ancestors
पितॄणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन
भक्तिभावितःimbued with devotion
भक्तिभावितः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभक्ति + भावित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (भक्त्या भावितः); विशेषणम् (यः/नरः)

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (pitṛ-kārya-pradhāna, contextual)

Type: ghat

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Scene: A devotee after bathing offers tarpana with cupped hands to the river, then performs śrāddha with piṇḍas on darbha; subtle presence of pitṛs suggested as translucent figures receiving offerings; mood tender and reverent.

P
Pitṛs
P
Pitṛdevatāḥ
Ś
Śrāddha

FAQs

Pilgrimage is incomplete without gratitude: devotion to ancestors through tarpaṇa and śrāddha is praised as a high dharma.

The tīrtha of Adhyāya 220 in Revākhaṇḍa, suited for pitṛ-kārya (ancestral rites).

Snāna, pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying ancestors), and performing śrāddha at the tīrtha.

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