Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

येत्र पंचनदे स्नात्वा गत्वा देशांतरेष्वपि । नरा पंचत्वमापन्ना मुक्तिं तेभ्योपि वै दिश

Transliteration

yetra paṃcanade snātvā gatvā deśāṃtareṣvapi | narā paṃcatvamāpannā muktiṃ tebhyopi vai diśa

Translation

“And those men who bathe here at Pañcanada and then go to other lands—if they later meet death elsewhere—grant liberation even to them as well.”

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक adverb: 'here')

• पञ्चनदे: at Pañcanada
• पञ्चनदे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + नद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्विगु-समास, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• देशान्तरेषु: in other countries/places
• देशान्तरेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तत्पुरुष (देशस्य अन्तरम्), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि-कार: 'even/also')

• नराः: men; people
• नराः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पञ्चत्वम्: the state of five-ness; death (becoming the five elements)
• पञ्चत्वम्: Karma (Object of 'āpannāḥ')
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आपन्नाः: having attained; having met with
• आपन्नाः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (dative)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि-कार: 'also')

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक particle: 'indeed')

• दिश: grant; bestow
• दिश: Kriyā (Predicate; command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Agnibindu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcanada

Type: tirtha/ghat (snāna-focused)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu (recipient of the boon request)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agnibindu asks that those who bathe at Pañcanada and later die in distant regions still receive liberation. Visualize a pilgrim bathing, then traveling across varied landscapes, with a subtle divine mark of grace following him to the moment of death.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcanada Tīrtha
• Śrī Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single sincere contact with a great tīrtha can bear fruit beyond place and time, accompanying the soul even to death in distant lands.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pañcanada Tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Pañcanada.