Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

देवर्षीन्परिसंतर्प्य दीनानाथांश्च दुःखितान् । श्रद्धया विधिना स्नात्वा दास्यते सलिलांजलिम्

Transliteration

devarṣīnparisaṃtarpya dīnānāthāṃśca duḥkhitān | śraddhayā vidhinā snātvā dāsyate salilāṃjalim

Translation

بعد أن يُرضي المرءُ على الوجه اللائق الدِّيفَرْشيّين، وكذلك الفقراءَ ومن لا ناصر لهم والمبتلين، فليغتسل بإيمانٍ وفق الشعيرة، ثم ليقدّم السَّليلانجَلي: أُبْلَةَ الماء المقدّس بكفّين مضمومتين.

Word by Word

• देवर्षीन्: divine sages
• देवर्षीन्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; समासः देव + ऋषि (कर्मधारय)

• परिसंतर्प्य: having fully satisfied
• परिसंतर्प्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-सम्-तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having fully satisfied’

• दीनानाथान्: the poor and helpless
• दीनानाथान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीन + अनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः दीन + अनाथ (कर्मधारय)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दुःखितान्: afflicted, sorrowful
• दुःखितान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying the objects)

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• विधिना: according to rule/rite
• विधिना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having bathed’

• दास्यते: he will give/offer
• दास्यते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• सलिलाञ्जलिम्: a handful (añjali) of water
• सलिलाञ्जलिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः सलिलस्य अञ्जलिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a Kāśī ghāṭa at dawn: a pilgrim after feeding the poor and honoring sages offers a cupped-hand water oblation to Gaṅgā; ascetics and needy sit nearby; temple spires and boats silhouette in mist.

Characters & Entities

• Devarṣi (divine seers)
• Gaṅgā (implied ritual context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit is perfected by compassion and right conduct—honoring seers, serving the distressed, and performing Gaṅgā-bathing with faith and proper rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gaṅgā in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is implied as the sacred setting for bathing and water-oblation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (ritual bath) with śraddhā and vidhi, and offer salilāñjali (water oblation), along with satisfying seers and aiding the poor and afflicted.