Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
Devanagari script
ये तु मानुषलोकेस्मिन्पितरो मर्त्ययोनयः । ते दिव्ययोनयः स्युर्वै मधुस्रवसि तर्पिताः
Transliteration
ye tu mānuṣalokesminpitaro martyayonayaḥ | te divyayonayaḥ syurvai madhusravasi tarpitāḥ
Translation
那些在此人间仍受凡胎生类的祖灵（pitṛ）——若在Madhusravā得以满足供养，便确实转为天界之生类。
Word by Word
येwho
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Relative pronoun
तुbut, indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)
मानुषलोकेin the human world
मानुषलोके:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमानुषलोक (प्रातिपदिक; मानुष + लोक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; refers to ‘मानुषलोके’
पितरःancestors, fathers
पितरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural
मर्त्ययोनयःof mortal/human birth
मर्त्ययोनयः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमर्त्ययोनि (प्रातिपदिक; मर्त्य + योनि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; qualifying पितरः
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
दिव्ययोनयःof divine birth
दिव्ययोनयः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्ययोनि (प्रातिपदिक; दिव्य + योनि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; predicate adjective
स्युःwould become / may be
स्युः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; Optative, 3rd plural
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
मधुस्रवसिat Madhusravas (a sacred place)
मधुस्रवसि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमधुस्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक; मधु + स्रवस्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (तीर्थ-नाम)
तर्पिताःhaving been satisfied/propitiated
तर्पिताः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतर्पित (कृदन्त; तृप्/तर्प् धातु, णिच् + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; PPP; qualifying पितरः
Speaker
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Madhusravā
Type: kund
Visual Art Cues
Scene: At a sweet-flowing spring/stream called Madhusravā, a devotee pours sesame-water; ancestral figures transform from ordinary human silhouettes into radiant, deva-like forms ascending amid light.
Characters & Entities
S
SkandaM
Madhusravā TīrthaP
Pitṛs (ancestors)T
TarpaṇaK
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)FAQs
Tarpaṇa at Kāśī’s tīrthas is portrayed as transformative, elevating ancestral states toward divine attainment.
Madhusravā Tīrtha.
Tarpaṇa at Madhusravā for pitṛs, with the promised fruit of divya-yoni (higher divine condition).