Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अयोध्यां च पुरीं गत्वा सरयूमवगाह्य च । तत्तत्तीर्थेषु संतर्प्य पितॄन्पिंडप्रदानतः

Transliteration

ayodhyāṃ ca purīṃ gatvā sarayūmavagāhya ca | tattattīrtheṣu saṃtarpya pitṝnpiṃḍapradānataḥ

Translation

Il se rendit dans la cité d’Ayodhyā et s’immergea dans la Sarayū ; aux divers tīrthas de ce lieu, il rassasia les ancêtres en offrant des piṇḍas.

Word by Word

• अयोध्याम्: Ayodhyā (to Ayodhyā)
• अयोध्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

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

• पुरीम्: the city
• पुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having gone’

• सरयूम्: the Sarayū (river)
• सरयूम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरयू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अवगाह्य: having immersed/bathed
• अवगाह्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-गाह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (absolutive/gerund in -ya), ‘having bathed/immersed’

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

• तत्-तत्-तीर्थेषु: in each of those sacred fords
• तत्-तत्-तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; ‘तत्-तत्’ इति पुनरुक्त-विशेषणयुक्त

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied
• संतर्प्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (absolutive/gerund in -ya), ‘having satisfied/propitiated’

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पिण्ड-प्रदानतः: by (the act of) offering piṇḍas
• पिण्ड-प्रदानतः: Hetu (Cause/Instrumental reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘-तः’ = ‘from/by means of’; पिण्डस्य प्रदानम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarayū-tīrthas of Ayodhyā

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arrives at Ayodhyā, descends stone ghats into the Sarayū at dawn, then offers piṇḍas on darbha with water-libations to pitṛs at multiple riverbank shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhyā
• Sarayū
• Pitṛ
• Piṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage includes responsibility toward lineage—honoring pitṛs through offerings at sacred waters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā and the river Sarayū are highlighted as places fit for ancestral satisfaction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sarayū bathing (snāna) and piṇḍa-pradāna at local tīrthas for pitṛ-tarpaṇa.