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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

तर्पणं प्रत्यहं कार्यं भर्तुः कुशतिलोदकैः । तत्पितुस्तत्पितुश्चापि नामगोत्रादिपूर्वकम

Transliteration

tarpaṇaṃ pratyahaṃ kāryaṃ bhartuḥ kuśatilodakaiḥ | tatpitustatpituścāpi nāmagotrādipūrvakama

Translation

当每日以掺和库沙草与芝麻之水，为夫行作“塔尔帕那”(tarpaṇa)祭供；亦当如是为其父与其祖父行之，并先依仪称念姓名、族姓(gotra)等。

Word by Word
tarpaṇaṃoffering of libations (tarpana)
tarpaṇaṃ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottarpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; तृप्-धातोः ल्युट्-प्रत्ययान्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
prati-ahaṃdaily
prati-ahaṃ:
Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprati (अव्यय) + ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समासः; कालवाचक-अव्यय (every day)
kāryaṃshould be done
kāryaṃ:
Kriya-visheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootkārya (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातोः यत्-प्रत्ययान्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम्
bhartuḥof the husband
bhartuḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
kuśa-tila-udakaiḥwith water (mixed) with kuśa grass and sesame
kuśa-tila-udakaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkuśa (प्रातिपदिक) + tila (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (कुशैः तिलैः युक्तम् उदकम्)
tat-pituḥof his father
tat-pituḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य पितुः)
tat-pituḥof his father (i.e., grandfather)
tat-pituḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य पितुः)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय
apialso
api:
Sambandha (Addition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (also)
nāma-gotra-ādi-pūrvakampreceded by (mention of) name, lineage, etc.
nāma-gotra-ādi-pūrvakam:
Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषणभाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootnāma (प्रातिपदिक) + gotra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + pūrvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (नामगोत्रादि पूर्वं यस्मिन्/येन)
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a Kāśī ghat, a devotee holds kuśa in hand, offering water mixed with black sesame in a controlled stream; the Gaṅgā flows beside steps, with a small copper lota and a plate of tila; the devotee softly recites names and gotra.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda
P
Pitṛs (implied)
K
Kāśī (implied context)

FAQs

It stresses ongoing gratitude and duty toward the departed through regular ancestral rites.

The practice is taught within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa milieu; the verse itself does not name a particular ghat or tirtha.

Daily tarpaṇa using kuśa-grass and sesame-water, with correct naming and gotra recitation, for husband, his father, and grandfather.

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