Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ये शीलयंति सततं भवतोंघ्रियुग्मं ते पुत्रपौत्रधनधान्यसमृद्धिभाजः । संशीलितांघ्रिकमला बहुभृत्यवर्गैर्भूपालभोग्यकमलां विमलां लभंते

Transliteration

ye śīlayaṃti satataṃ bhavatoṃghriyugmaṃ te putrapautradhanadhānyasamṛddhibhājaḥ | saṃśīlitāṃghrikamalā bahubhṛtyavargairbhūpālabhogyakamalāṃ vimalāṃ labhaṃte

Translation

Wer beständig Dein Fußpaar verehrt, erlangt Fülle an Söhnen und Enkeln, an Reichtum und Getreide. Durch hingebungsvolles Dienen an Deinen Lotosfüßen gewinnen sie reine Wohlfahrt, die Königen zu genießen ziemt, umgeben von vielen Dienern.

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• śīlayanti: practice, cultivate
• śīlayanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śīl (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• satataṃ: constantly
• satataṃ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपे नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• bhavataḥ: of you
• bhavataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्राय (honorific), षष्ठी, एकवचन

• aṅghri: foot
• aṅghri: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅghri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (in aṅghri-yugmam)

• yugmam: (your) pair of feet
• yugmam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yugma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अङ्घ्रि-युग्मम् = pair of feet), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• putra: sons
• putra: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• pautra: grandsons
• pautra: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: pautra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• dhana: wealth
• dhana: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• dhānya: grain
• dhānya: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• samṛddhi: prosperity
• samṛddhi: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: samṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• bhājaḥ: sharers of (having) sons, grandsons, wealth, grain, prosperity
• bhājaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāj (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पुत्र-पौत्र-धन-धान्य-समृद्धि-भाजः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• saṃśīlita: well-cultivated
• saṃśīlita: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam+√śīl (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; well-practiced), समासाङ्ग

• aṅghri: foot
• aṅghri: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅghri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• kamalāḥ: (they) whose lotus-feet are well-served
• kamalāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (संशीलित-अङ्घ्रि-कमलाः = whose lotus-feet are well-served), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• bahu: many
• bahu: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• bhṛtya: servants
• bhṛtya: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• vargaiḥ: with many groups of servants
• vargaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (बहु-भृत्य-वर्गैः = with groups of many servants), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• bhūpāla: king
• bhūpāla: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + pāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भू-पाला = king), समासाङ्ग

• bhogya: enjoyable
• bhogya: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• kamalām: Lakṣmī fit to be enjoyed by kings (royal fortune)
• kamalām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भूपाल-भोग्य-कमलाम् = royal-enjoyable Lakṣmī), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vimalām: pure
• vimalām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कमलाम्)

• labhante: obtain
• labhante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees lovingly touch/offer flowers at the deity’s lotus-feet; behind them appear symbols of abundance—granaries, ripe fields, children and grandchildren, orderly attendants; prosperity is shown as clean, luminous, and restrained (vimalā), not indulgent.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Kamalā (Lakṣmī, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion (satatam śīlana) to Gaṇeśa harmonizes worldly well-being—family continuity and prosperity—with purity and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-khaṇḍa context situates these fruits within the sacred life of Kāśī, where worship supports both artha and mokṣa aims.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continual pāda-bhakti (devoted attendance to the deity’s feet) is implied; no specific dāna/snānā rule is stated.