Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

हरपापह्रदे श्राद्धं श्रद्धया यः करिष्यति । उद्धृत्य सप्तपुरुषान्स मे लोकं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

harapāpahrade śrāddhaṃ śraddhayā yaḥ kariṣyati | uddhṛtya saptapuruṣānsa me lokaṃ gamiṣyati

Translation

Wer am Hara-pāpa-See mit wahrer Hingabe das Śrāddha vollzieht, wird, nachdem er sieben Generationen emporgehoben hat, in meine Welt gelangen.

Word by Word

• हरपापह्रदे: in Harapāpa-hrada (the pond named so)
• हरपापह्रदे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर-पाप-ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासविग्रहः: हरस्य पापस्य ह्रदे (in the lake/pond connected with Hara’s sin)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• करिष्यति: will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• उद्धृत्य: having rescued
• उद्धृत्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); उद्धार्य (having lifted/rescued)

• सप्तपुरुषान्: seven ancestors/persons
• सप्तपुरुषान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त-पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगुसमासः (seven persons/ancestors)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Goal/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गमिष्यति: will go/attain
• गमिष्यति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hara-pāpa-hrada

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Aparṇā (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a calm sacred lake, a devotee performs śrāddha: offering tila-water with cupped hands, kusa grass, and piṇḍa offerings on a leaf plate. Subtle ancestral silhouettes rise upward, symbolizing seven generations being lifted; a Śaiva aura presides.

Characters & Entities

• Hara-pāpa-hrada
• Śrāddha
• Sapta-puruṣa (seven generations)
• Skanda (implied by 'my world')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith-filled pitṛ-kārya at a powerful tīrtha benefits both the performer and the ancestral line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hara-pāpa-hrada (the ‘sin-destroying’ lake) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha (ancestral offerings) at the lake with śraddhā (faith).