Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

स्वर्गदोमोक्षदश्चैव सर्वकामफलप्रदः । प्रयागस्तन्महत्क्षेत्रं तीर्थराज इति स्मृतः

Transliteration

svargadomokṣadaścaiva sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ | prayāgastanmahatkṣetraṃ tīrtharāja iti smṛtaḥ

Translation

স্বৰ্গ দানকাৰী আৰু মোক্ষ প্ৰদায়ক, সকলো ধৰ্মসঙ্গত কামনাৰ ফল দানকাৰী—প্ৰয়াগ সেই মহৎ ক্ষেত্ৰ, যাক ‘তীৰ্থৰাজ’ বুলি স্মৰণ কৰা হয়।

Word by Word

• स्वर्गदः: giver of heaven
• स्वर्गदः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग-द (प्रातिपदिक; स्वर्ग + द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (nom. sg.)

• मोक्षदः: giver of liberation
• मोक्षदः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष-द (प्रातिपदिक; मोक्ष + द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha-bodhaka (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• सर्वकामफलप्रदः: bestower of the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-काम-फल-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + काम + फल + प्रद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रयागः: Prayāga
• प्रयागः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (correlative)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• क्षेत्रम्: sacred region/field
• क्षेत्रम्: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तीर्थराजः: king of pilgrim-fords
• तीर्थराजः: Pradhāna-nāma (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-राज (प्रातिपदिक; तीर्थ + राज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha-bodhaka (Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्ति-सूचक (quotative particle)

• स्मृतः: is known/called
• स्मृतः: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (past passive participle: 'is called/remembered')

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prayāga (Tīrtharāja)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The confluence at Prayāga: two differently colored rivers meeting, pilgrims bathing, ascetics with kamaṇḍalu, banners of akhāḍās, and distant temples; the air charged with sacred grandeur.

Characters & Entities

• Prayāga
• Tīrtharāja
• Svarga
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prayāga is presented as a supreme sacred site that can grant both worldly fulfillment and the highest liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prayāga, explicitly named and honored as Tīrtharāja.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified; it states the overarching fruit of the kṣetra itself.