Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

शुष्केंधनानां भारांश्च दद्याच्छीतापनुत्तये । कंचुकं तूलगर्भं च तूलिकां सूपवीतिकाम्

Transliteration

śuṣkeṃdhanānāṃ bhārāṃśca dadyācchītāpanuttaye | kaṃcukaṃ tūlagarbhaṃ ca tūlikāṃ sūpavītikām

Translation

Um die Kälte zu vertreiben, soll man Bündel trockenen Brennholzes geben; ebenso eine Tunika, mit Baumwolle gefütterte Kleidung, ein kleines Kissen und eine warme Decke zum Umhüllen.

Word by Word

• शुष्क-इन्धनानाम्: of dry firewood
• शुष्क-इन्धनानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुष्क + इन्धन (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (शुष्कम् इन्धनम्)

• भारान्: loads; bundles
• भारान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• शीत-अपनुत्तये: for the removal of cold
• शीत-अपनुत्तये: सम्प्रदानम्/प्रयोजनम् (Purpose/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीत + अपनुत्ति (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शीतस्य अपनुत्तिः)

• कञ्चुकम्: a tunic; jacket
• कञ्चुकम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कञ्चुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तूलगर्भम्: cotton-stuffed
• तूलगर्भम्: विशेषणम् (of कञ्चुकम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तूल + गर्भ (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तूलं गर्भे यस्य/तूलगर्भः)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• तूलिकाम्: a cotton quilt/pad
• तूलिकाम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तूलिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सूपवीतिकाम्: a soup-strainer/cloth (reading as given)
• सूपवीतिकाम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूप + वीतिका (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सूपस्य वीतिका)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śīta-śānti dāna in Kāśī during Māgha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a chilly Kāśī ghat, donors hand over bundles of dry wood and warm garments to shivering ascetics; a small fire burns; cotton bedding and shawls are distributed.

Characters & Entities

• Śīta (cold)
• Dāna (charity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate charity that removes others’ suffering—like cold—is praised as potent dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the scriptural setting; the verse supports the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s guidance for meritorious acts in the holy city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give dry firewood bundles and warm clothing/bedding items to protect people from winter cold.