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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । संप्राप्य धर्मवाप्यां च यः कुर्यात्पितृतर्पणम् । तृप्तिं प्रयांति पितरो यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | saṃprāpya dharmavāpyāṃ ca yaḥ kuryātpitṛtarpaṇam | tṛptiṃ prayāṃti pitaro yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa

Translation

Vyāsa nói: Ai đến Dharmavāpī mà cử hành tarpaṇa dâng cho các Pitṛ, thì tổ tiên ấy được thỏa mãn lâu dài, suốt thời hạn của mười bốn Indra.

Word by Word
vyāsaḥVyāsa
vyāsaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच्)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)
saṃprāpyahaving reached/obtained
saṃprāpya:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaṃprāpya (कृदन्त; √prāp प्राप् ‘to obtain/reach’ with sam-)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)
dharmavāpyāmthe Dharmavāpī (sacred pond)
dharmavāpyām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + vāpī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular); तत्पुरुष (‘dharma-pond’, name of a sacred pond)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारः: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular); सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
kuryātshould do
kuryāt:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)
pitṛ-tarpaṇamancestor-offering (tarpaṇa)
pitṛ-tarpaṇam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + tarpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; from √tṛp तृप् ‘to satisfy’)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular); तत्पुरुष (‘satisfaction-offering to the ancestors’)
tṛptimsatisfaction
tṛptim:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular)
prayāntiattain/go to
prayānti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (या) with pra-
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd person plural)
pitaraḥthe ancestors
pitaraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)
yāvatas long as/until
yāvat:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyāvat (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारः: परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक (until/as long as)
indrāḥIndras (lords of heaven)
indrāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootindra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)
caturdaśafourteen
caturdaśa:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcaturdaśa (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत्/संख्याशब्द; प्रथमा-बहुवचनार्थे (numeral used adjectivally: ‘fourteen’)
Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmavāpī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa speaks while a pilgrim stands at a stone-lined vāpī, offering water-libations with cupped hands; subtle presence of Pitṛs receiving the offering, indicated by faint ancestral silhouettes above the water.

Characters & Entities
V
Vyāsa
D
Dharmavāpī
P
Pitṛs
I
Indra

FAQs

Ancestor offerings performed at a sanctified tīrtha yield extraordinary and enduring spiritual benefit.

Dharmavāpī, a sacred water-site within the Dharmāraṇya tradition.

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa—offering water/libations to the ancestors upon reaching Dharmavāpī.

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