Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

येषां गर्भेऽभवत्स्रावो येऽ दंतजननामृताः । तेषां तृप्तिर्भवेन्नूनं तीर्थे कापिलधारिके

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ garbhe'bhavatsrāvo ye' daṃtajananāmṛtāḥ | teṣāṃ tṛptirbhavennūnaṃ tīrthe kāpiladhārike

Translation

Wahrlich, am Tīrtha Kāpiladhārā erwächst volle Sättigung und Frieden selbst für Wesen, die mit leidvollen Geburten verbunden sind: für jene, in deren Mutterleib ein Abgang oder Fehlgeburt geschah, und für jene, deren Leben nur zur Zeit des Zahnens wie „Amṛta“ währte, also im frühen Kindesalter endete.

Word by Word

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘of whom’

• गर्भे: in the womb
• गर्भे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the womb’

• अभवत्: occurred
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘was/occurred’

• स्रावः: discharge/flow
• स्रावः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्राव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘flow/discharge’

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘who’

• दन्तजनन: teething (tooth-birth)
• दन्तजनन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्त+जनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘tooth-birth/teething’ (समासाङ्ग)

• अमृताः: nectar-like
• अमृताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘nectar-like/immortal’ (predicate adjective; sense: ‘like nectar’)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘of them’

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘satisfaction’

• भवेत्: may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘may be/should be’

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of certainty) — ‘surely’

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the tīrtha’

• कापिलधारिके: at Kāpiladhārikā
• कापिलधारिके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कापिल+धारिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘at Kāpiladhārikā’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāpiladhārā

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tender riverside rite: grieving parents/kin offer water and small piṇḍas with lamps; a compassionate priest guides; faint, childlike ancestral forms are shown receiving peace; the atmosphere is quiet, consoling, and sacred.

Characters & Entities

• Kāpiladhārā
• Pitṛ-tṛpti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s grace extends even to complex or painful ancestral circumstances, affirming Kāśī as a refuge for Pitṛ upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāpiladhārā tīrtha in Kāśī, especially for ensuring Pitṛ-tṛpti in difficult cases.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit procedure is stated in this verse; it highlights the assured efficacy of performing Pitṛ-oriented acts at Kāpiladhārā.