Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

देवर्षीन्परिसंतर्प्य दीनानाथांश्च दुःखितान् । श्रद्धया विधिना स्नात्वा दास्यते सलिलांजलिम्

Transliteration

devarṣīnparisaṃtarpya dīnānāthāṃśca duḥkhitān | śraddhayā vidhinā snātvā dāsyate salilāṃjalim

Translation

Having duly satisfied the devarṣis, and also the poor, the helpless, and the afflicted, one should bathe with faith according to proper rite, and then offer the salilāñjali—an añjali of sacred water.

Word by Word

• देवर्षीन्: divine sages
• देवर्षीन्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; समासः देव + ऋषि (कर्मधारय)

• परिसंतर्प्य: having fully satisfied
• परिसंतर्प्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-सम्-तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having fully satisfied’

• दीनानाथान्: the poor and helpless
• दीनानाथान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीन + अनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः दीन + अनाथ (कर्मधारय)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दुःखितान्: afflicted, sorrowful
• दुःखितान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying the objects)

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

• विधिना: according to rule/rite
• विधिना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having bathed’

• दास्यते: he will give/offer
• दास्यते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• सलिलाञ्जलिम्: a handful (añjali) of water
• सलिलाञ्जलिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः सलिलस्य अञ्जलिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a Kāśī ghāṭa at dawn: a pilgrim after feeding the poor and honoring sages offers a cupped-hand water oblation to Gaṅgā; ascetics and needy sit nearby; temple spires and boats silhouette in mist.

Characters & Entities

• Devarṣi (divine seers)
• Gaṅgā (implied ritual context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit is perfected by compassion and right conduct—honoring seers, serving the distressed, and performing Gaṅgā-bathing with faith and proper rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gaṅgā in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is implied as the sacred setting for bathing and water-oblation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (ritual bath) with śraddhā and vidhi, and offer salilāñjali (water oblation), along with satisfying seers and aiding the poor and afflicted.