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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अग्निहोत्रैर्न तच्छ्रेयो नाग्निष्टोमादिभिर्मखैः । यच्छ्रेयः प्राप्यते मर्त्यैर्द्विजे चैके प्रतिष्ठिते

Transliteration

agnihotrairna tacchreyo nāgniṣṭomādibhirmakhaiḥ | yacchreyaḥ prāpyate martyairdvije caike pratiṣṭhite

Translation

সে শ্রেয় অগ্নিহোত্রে নয়, অগ্নিষ্টোমাদি যজ্ঞেও নয়; এক জন দ্বিজকে প্রতিষ্ঠিত করে তার পালন-সমর্থন করলে যে শ্রেয় লাভ হয়, তা অধিকতর।

Word by Word
agnihotraiḥby Agnihotra rites
agnihotraiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootagnihotra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन
nanot
na:
Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
tatthat
tat:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘श्रेयः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणवत् (that)
śreyaḥmerit/supreme good
śreyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
nanor/not
na:
Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
agniṣṭoma-ādibhiḥby sacrifices such as Agniṣṭoma
agniṣṭoma-ādibhiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootagniṣṭoma (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अग्निष्टोमः आदिः येषां ते)
makhaiḥby sacrificial rites
makhaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmakha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन
yatwhich (merit)
yat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचकं—‘यत् … प्राप्यते’
śreyaḥmerit/supreme good
śreyaḥ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन
prāpyateis obtained
prāpyate:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√āp (प्र + आप् धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)
martyaiḥby mortals
martyaiḥ:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmartya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/कर्ता-करण), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृ-तृतीया (agent in passive)
dvijein/with a brāhmaṇa (twice-born)
dvije:
Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
ekein one (single)
eke:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘dvije’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (in a single/one)
pratiṣṭhitewhen established/when (the gift) is placed
pratiṣṭhite:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprati-√sthā (प्रति + स्था धातु) + kta (कृत्प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contrast tableau: on one side elaborate Vedic sacrifice with altars; on the other, a patron establishing a learned dvija with books, food, and shelter—radiance stronger on the latter, signaling superior śreyas.

Characters & Entities
K
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

Practical dharma—uplifting and firmly supporting a worthy dvija—can yield merit surpassing elaborate Vedic sacrifices.

The teaching is embedded in the Kāśī Māhātmya narrative framework, where dharmic support and charity are especially celebrated.

A value hierarchy is stated: supporting/establishing a dvija is praised as yielding greater śreyas than Agnihotra or Agniṣṭoma sacrifices.

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