Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

सहस्रभोजनाद्यैश्च यतीन्विप्रान्प्रतर्प्य च । महापूजोपचारैश्च लिंगान्यभ्यर्च्य भक्तितः

Transliteration

sahasrabhojanādyaiśca yatīnviprānpratarpya ca | mahāpūjopacāraiśca liṃgānyabhyarcya bhaktitaḥ

Translation

Et par des offrandes, à commencer par des repas en abondance, il rassasia les yati et les brāhmaṇa ; puis, par de majestueux services de pūjā, il vénéra avec bhakti les liṅga.

Word by Word

• सहस्रभोजनाद्यैः: with thousand-feasts and the like
• सहस्रभोजनाद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र-भोजन-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सहस्रभोजनानि आदयः येषु तैः)

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

• यतीन्: ascetics
• यतीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• विप्रान्: brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• प्रतर्प्य: having satisfied (fed)
• प्रतर्प्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु) + प्रति (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); धातुः—तृप् (तर्पणे) + प्रति; अर्थः—‘तर्पयित्वा/सन्तोष्य’

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

• महापूजोपचारैः: with great worship-offerings/attendances
• महापूजोपचारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-पूजा-उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (महापूजायाः उपचाराः)

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

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas (Śiva-emblems)
• लिङ्गानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) + अभि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); धातुः—अर्च् (पूजायाम्) + अभि; अर्थः—‘अभ्यर्चयित्वा/पूजयित्वा’

• भक्तितः: with devotion / devoutly
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान-अर्थे), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थः—‘भक्त्या/भक्तिपूर्वकं’ (ablative of cause/manner)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers abundant food to seated yatis and brāhmaṇas, then proceeds to a row of ancient liṅga-shrines, performing grand upacāras with lamps, incense, flowers, and water from the Gaṅgā.

Characters & Entities

• Yati (ascetics)
• Vipra (brāhmaṇas)
• Śiva-liṅgas of Kāśī
• Dāna / Bhojana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī-dharma unites devotion (liṅga-pūjā) with compassion and generosity (feeding and honoring holy persons).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī as a whole—especially its liṅga-shrines—presented as the ideal field for dāna and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feeding/satisfying yatīs and vipras (bhojana-dāna) and performing elaborate liṅga-pūjā (mahā-upacāra).