Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94
Devanagari script
दशाश्वमेधावभृथैर्यत्फलं सम्यगाप्यते । दशाश्वमेधे तन्नूनं स्नात्वा दशहरा तिथौ
Transliteration
daśāśvamedhāvabhṛthairyatphalaṃ samyagāpyate | daśāśvamedhe tannūnaṃ snātvā daśaharā tithau
Translation
দশহরা তিথিতে দশাশ্বমেধে স্নান করলে যে ফল লাভ হয়, সেই ফলই দশটি অশ্বমেধ যজ্ঞের অবভৃথ-স্নানে সম্পূর্ণরূপে প্রাপ্ত হয়।
Word by Word
दशाश्वमेधावभृथैःby the concluding baths of the ten Aśvamedhas
दशाश्वमेधावभृथैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदश-अश्वमेध-अवभृथ (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: दश + अश्वमेध + अवभृथ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दशाश्वमेधस्य अवभृथः)
यत्which
यत्:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम, विशेषणम् (फलम्)
फलम्fruit/result
फलम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सम्यक्properly/fully
सम्यक्:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय)
Formरीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)
आप्यतेis obtained
आप्यते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
दशाश्वमेधेin/at (the shrine of) the ten Aśvamedhas
दशाश्वमेधे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदश-अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: दश + अश्वमेध)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; द्विगु/तत्पुरुष-समासभावः (दश अश्वमेधाः)
तत्that (same)
तत्:
Anuvritti (Resumptive/अनुवृत्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अन्वयः: तत् (फलम्)
नूनम्surely
नूनम्:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of certainty)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)
दशहराDaśaharā
दशहरा:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootदशहरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (तिथेः विशेषणम्)
तिथौon the lunar day
तिथौ:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Daśāśvamedha
Type: ghat
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A symbolic juxtaposition: grand Aśvamedha avabhṛtha procession fading into a simple Kāśī ghāṭ bath; the river carries the same luminous merit, showing ‘yajña condensed into snāna’.
Characters & Entities
A
AśvamedhaA
AvabhṛthaD
DaśāśvamedhaD
DaśaharāK
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)FAQs
The Purāṇic tīrtha is elevated as an accessible path: a simple bath in Kāśī can equal the merit of vast Vedic sacrificial undertakings.
Daśāśvamedha tīrtha in Kāśī, especially on Daśaharā.
Snāna at Daśāśvamedha tīrtha on Daśaharā tithi.