Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

अस्य तीर्थस्य नामानि यानि दिव्य पितामहाः । तान्यहं कथयिष्यामि भवतां तृप्तिदान्यलम्

Transliteration

asya tīrthasya nāmāni yāni divya pitāmahāḥ | tānyahaṃ kathayiṣyāmi bhavatāṃ tṛptidānyalam

Translation

Nun will ich euch die Namen dieses heiligen tīrtha verkünden, wie sie von den göttlichen Pitāmahas ausgerufen wurden; sie zu hören genügt, um euch Sättigung des Herzens und geistige Zufriedenheit zu schenken.

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्बन्धः (refers to neuter ‘tīrtha’)

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Anuyogi (Relative pronoun linked to ‘nāmāni’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective) of ‘pitāmahāḥ’

• पितामहाः: forefathers/ancestors
• पितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तानि: those (names)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथयिष्यामि: I will narrate/tell
• कथयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathaya (कथय्-धातु, णिजन्त causative of √kath/कथ्)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• भवताम्: for you (honored ones)
• भवताम्: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine; honorific), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तृप्तिदानि: satisfaction-giving
• तृप्तिदानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛpti-dā (तृप्ति + दा; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘तृप्तिं ददाति’ इति (that which gives satisfaction)

• अलम्: enough; sufficiently
• अलम्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: alam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), पर्याप्त्यर्थक-निपात (particle meaning ‘enough/sufficient’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator in Kāśī begins enumerating the divine names of a sacred tank/ford; Brahmā’s authority is invoked; listeners sit on a ghat with water-lilies and temple spires in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha(s)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent hearing and remembrance of a tīrtha’s sacred names itself becomes a dharmic act that bestows inner fulfilment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Pitṛ-oriented tīrtha in Kāśī whose names are about to be listed in the following verses (context: Sūrya–Indu-saṅgama).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the merit of hearing/reciting the tīrtha-nāmas.