Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

उपवासपरो यस्तु तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नराधिप । स्नात्वा ह्युक्तविधानेन तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः

Transliteration

upavāsaparo yastu tasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa | snātvā hyuktavidhānena tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ

Translation

Nhưng ai chuyên tâm giữ chay (upavāsa) tại tīrtha ấy, hỡi bậc chúa của loài người—sau khi tắm theo nghi thức đã truyền dạy—hãy dâng tarpaṇa lên các Pitṛ và chư thiên.

Word by Word

• उपवासपरः: devoted to fasting
• उपवासपरः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘उपवासे परः’ (fasting-devoted)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• नराधिप: O king
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘नराणाम् अधिपः’

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• उक्तविधानेन: by the prescribed procedure
• उक्तविधानेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थः—‘उक्तं विधानं येन’ (as prescribed)

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy/offer libations to
• तर्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु) + णिच् (प्रयोजक)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• पितृदेवताः: the ancestral deities (pitṛs)
• पितृदेवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘पितॄणां देवताः’ (ancestral deities)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (as referenced)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa/nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a river ghat, a fasting pilgrim completes snāna and then offers tarpaṇa—water streams from cupped hands—invoking pitṛs and devas; priests guide the rite; the river glints in morning light.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Upavāsa
• Snāna
• Pitṛs
• Devatās
• Narādhipa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes complete when paired with self-restraint (fasting), purification (bath), and gratitude to ancestors and gods (tarpaṇa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa route; the verse assumes it from prior context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa at the tīrtha, snāna by prescribed method, and tarpaṇa to Pitṛs and devatās.