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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तर्पिता जाह्नवीतोयैर्नरेण विधिना सकृत् । प्रयांति स्वर्गतिं तेपि स्वर्गिणो मुक्तिमाप्नुयुः

Transliteration

tarpitā jāhnavītoyairnareṇa vidhinā sakṛt | prayāṃti svargatiṃ tepi svargiṇo muktimāpnuyuḥ

Translation

若有人依仪轨，以阇诃那微（恒河，Gaṅgā）之水行一次“塔尔帕那”（tarpaṇa）供献而令其满足，则即便他们亦得趋向天界之道；既至天界，终可证得解脱（mokṣa）。

Word by Word
तर्पिताःhaving been satisfied/propitiated
तर्पिताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootतर्पित (कृदन्त; √तृप्/तर्प् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — Past passive participle, ‘having been satisfied (propitiated)’
जाह्नवीतोयैःwith the waters of the Jāhnavī (Ganga)
जाह्नवीतोयैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootजाह्नवी + तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जाह्नव्याः तोयैः) — instrumental plural
नरेणby a man
नरेण:
Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular
विधिनाaccording to rule, by proper procedure
विधिना:
Karana (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular
सकृत्once
सकृत्:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसकृत् (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/आवृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)
प्रयान्तिthey go
प्रयान्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√या (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन — Present indicative, 3rd plural
स्वर्गतिम्the path/state of heaven
स्वर्गतिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गस्य गतिम्) — accusative singular
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Demonstrative pronoun, nominative plural
अपिalso, even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: ‘also/even’)
स्वर्गिणःdwellers in heaven
स्वर्गिणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — nominative plural
मुक्तिम्liberation
मुक्तिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular
आप्नुयुःmay attain
आप्नुयुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√आप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (लिङ्-लकार), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन — Optative, 3rd plural
Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) at Kāśī

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder performs tarpaṇa with Gaṅgā water at a Kāśī ghāṭa; luminous streams rise toward subtle celestial realms, suggesting svarga-gati and eventual liberation.

Characters & Entities
J
Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)

FAQs

Properly performed ancestral satisfaction (tarpaṇa) with Gaṅgā water has extraordinary salvific power—raising the departed to heaven and ultimately toward mokṣa.

Gaṅgā (Jāhnavī), especially as connected to Kāśī’s sacred riverfront and the later-named Uttaravāhinī stretch.

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa using Gaṅgā water, performed vidhinā (according to proper procedure), even once.

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