Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

ततो बर्करिकातीर्थे दग्धव्योहं त्वया तटे । अस्थीनि सागरे चापि मम क्षेप्याणि चात्र हि

Transliteration

tato barkarikātīrthe dagdhavyohaṃ tvayā taṭe | asthīni sāgare cāpi mama kṣepyāṇi cātra hi

Translation

随后，在巴尔卡里迦圣地的岸边，你应为我行火葬。我的遗骨也当投入大海——此处确应如此办理。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/काल-देश-संबन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = thereafter/then

• barkarikā-tīrthe: at the Barkarikā sacred ford
• barkarikā-tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: barkarikā (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — ‘बर्करिकातीर्थे’ (स्थानाधिकरण)

• dagdhavyaḥ: should be burnt
• dagdhavyaḥ: Karya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah (धातु) → dagdhavya (कृत्य-प्रत्यय, भाव्य/कर्तव्य)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्) — विधेय/आज्ञार्थः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः ‘to be burnt’

• aham: me
• aham: Karman (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थे; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘I’

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — ‘by you’

• taṭe: on the bank
• taṭe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — ‘on the bank’

• asthīni: bones
• asthīni: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन — ‘bones’ (here as object)

• sāgare: in the ocean
• sāgare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — ‘in the ocean’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अवधारण/समुच्चयार्थ (also/even)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — ‘of me/my’

• kṣepyāṇi: should be cast
• kṣepyāṇi: Karya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣip (धातु) → kṣepya (कृत्य-प्रत्यय, भाव्य/कर्तव्य)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्) — विधेय/आज्ञार्थः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भावः ‘to be thrown’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — ‘here’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — निश्चय/हेतौ (indeed/for)

Speaker

Bāla

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Barkarikā-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn shoreline tīrtha: a disciple prepares the funeral pyre on a river/sea-bank at Barkarikā; after cremation, a small urn of bones is carried toward the waves for immersion, with pilgrims and ascetics witnessing in silence.

Characters & Entities

• Barkarikā-tīrtha
• Sāgara (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even death is framed within dharma—final rites are to be performed properly at sanctified places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Barkarikā-tīrtha is explicitly named, with the ocean as the place for immersing the remains.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cremation on the tīrtha’s bank and immersion of the bones in the sea.