Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

राजसूयस्य यज्ञस्य फलं त्वविकलं भवेत् । रोरवादिषु ये केचित्पितरः कोटिसंमिताः

Transliteration

rājasūyasya yajñasya phalaṃ tvavikalaṃ bhavet | roravādiṣu ye kecitpitaraḥ koṭisaṃmitāḥ

Translation

يُنال الثمرُ الكامل غير المنقوص لذبيحة الرّاجاسويا. وكذلك أيٌّ من الأسلاف—بعددٍ يبلغ الكرور—المقيمين في الجحيمات التي تبدأ بـ«رورافا»…

Word by Word

• राजसूयस्य: of the Rājasūya
• राजसूयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• अविकलम्: complete
• अविकलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (complete, unimpaired)

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रोरव-आदिषु: in Rorava and the like
• रोरव-आदिषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोरव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अधिकरण (in Rorava etc. [hells])

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (some)

• पितरः: ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कोटि-संमिताः: amounting to crores
• कोटि-संमिताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + संमित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (measured as crores; countless)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Implied) Kāpila Hrada / associated Kāśī tīrtha cluster

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: a pilgrim performing worship at a Kāśī tīrtha while, in a visionary upper register, the Rājasūya sacrifice is mirrored; in a lower register, ancestors rise from dark Rorava-like torment toward light.

Characters & Entities

• Rājasūya yajña
• Rorava (hell)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s rites are extolled as producing extraordinary merit—comparable to royal Vedic sacrifices—and as aiding even suffering ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding Kāśī tīrtha context (continued in the next verse) where śrāddha and worship yield exceptional fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied performance of tīrtha-associated rites leading to Rājasūya-like merit and ancestral benefit (expanded explicitly with śrāddha in the next verse).