Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

पिप्पलादस्य च मुनेस्तीर्थं तद्याम्यदिक्स्थितम् । स्नात्वा शनेर्दिने तत्र दृष्ट्वावै पिप्पलेश्वरम्

Transliteration

pippalādasya ca munestīrthaṃ tadyāmyadiksthitam | snātvā śanerdine tatra dṛṣṭvāvai pippaleśvaram

Translation

And there is the tīrtha of the sage Pippalāda, situated to the south. Having bathed there on Śani’s day (Saturday) and truly beheld Pippaleśvara, one gains the stated benefit.

Word by Word

• पिप्पलादस्य: of Pippalāda
• पिप्पलादस्य: Sambandha (Possessive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पलाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (Possessive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford/place (tīrtha)
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• याम्य-दिक्-स्थितम्: situated in the southern direction
• याम्य-दिक्-स्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याम्य (प्रातिपदिक) + दिक् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (स्था धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘स्थित’ = situated; समासः: याम्यदिक् (दक्षिण-दिशा) + स्थितम्

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) = having bathed

• शनेः: of Śani (Saturn)
• शनेः: Sambandha (Possessive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Location/Time—अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) = having seen

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• पिप्पलेश्वरम्: Pippaleśvara (Lord of the pippala)
• पिप्पलेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पल-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः: पिप्पलस्य ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pippalāda-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/saints in frame narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn in southern Kāśī bathes in a small tīrtha-kunda, then approaches a modest shrine of Pippaleśvara; a pippala tree shades the path; Saturday austerity is suggested by simple attire and oil-lamp offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Pippalāda
• Pippalāda Tīrtha
• Pippaleśvara
• Śani (Saturday)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (vāra) and place (tīrtha) together intensify dharmic results when paired with devotion and darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pippalāda’s tīrtha and the shrine of Pippaleśvara in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the tīrtha on Saturday and taking darśana of Pippaleśvara.