Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

गोभूहिरण्यदानेन भक्त्या गंगातटे शुभे । नरो न जायते भूयः संसारे दुःखकंटके

Transliteration

gobhūhiraṇyadānena bhaktyā gaṃgātaṭe śubhe | naro na jāyate bhūyaḥ saṃsāre duḥkhakaṃṭake

Translation

Wer in hingebungsvoller Frömmigkeit am glückverheißenden Ufer der Gaṅgā Kühe, Land und Gold spendet, wird in dieser Welt, dem Dornengestrüpp des Leids, nicht wiedergeboren.

Word by Word

• गोभूहिरण्यदानेन: by the giving of cows, land, and gold
• गोभूहिरण्यदानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + भू + हिरण्य + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘गोदान-भूदान-हिरण्यदान’ समाहारः

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• गङ्गातटे: on the bank of the Gaṅgā
• गङ्गातटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा + तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘गङ्गायाः तटे’

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गङ्गातटे)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negator/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: again)

• संसारे: in worldly existence
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दुःखकण्टके: in the thorny (realm) of suffering
• दुःखकण्टके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख + कण्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘दुःखस्य कण्टकः’ (metaphor: thorn of sorrow)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-taṭa (Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a bright Gaṅgā bank, a donor offers a cow, deeds of land, and gold to worthy recipients; the background shows ghāṭas and temples; above, a symbolic breaking of saṃsāra’s thorny thicket into calm light.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Dāna (charity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna performed with bhakti at a supremely sacred site is presented as a direct aid toward liberation from rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The auspicious Gaṅgā bank in Kāśī, associated with exceptional mokṣa-bestowing power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Charitable giving (dāna) of cows, land, and gold at the Gaṅgā-taṭa, performed with devotion.