Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

एतानि दश नामानि तीर्थस्यास्य पितामहाः । भवतां तृप्तिकारीणि विनापि श्राद्धतर्पणैः

Transliteration

etāni daśa nāmāni tīrthasyāsya pitāmahāḥ | bhavatāṃ tṛptikārīṇi vināpi śrāddhatarpaṇaiḥ

Translation

Voici les dix noms de ce tīrtha, ô vénérable ; ils vous accordent la pleine satisfaction, même sans accomplir le śrāddha ni le tarpaṇa.

Word by Word

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या (numeral), नपुंसकलिङ्ग-बहुवचन-विशेषण (qualifies ‘nāmāni’)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तीर्थस्य: of the tīrtha
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘तीर्थस्य’ इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः

• पितामहाः: O forefathers/ancestors
• पितामहाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative) बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे (addressing)

• भवताम्: for you
• भवताम्: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (honorific), षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• तृप्तिकारीणि: satisfaction-causing
• तृप्तिकारीणि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛpti-kārin (तृप्ति + कारिन्; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण of ‘nāmāni’

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Relation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वियोग/अभावार्थक उपसर्गवत् (prepositional adverb ‘without’), तृतीया-योग्य (governs instrumental)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Prayojaka-nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अप्यर्थक-निपात (particle: even/also)

• श्राद्धतर्पणैः: by śrāddha and tarpaṇa rites
• श्राद्धतर्पणैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha-tarpaṇa (श्राद्ध + तर्पण; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (collective), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; ‘श्राद्धं च तर्पणं च’ (śrāddha and libations)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: The tīrtha with ten names (daśa-nāma-tīrtha; specific proper name not given in these verses)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator completes the list of ten names; listeners fold hands in peace; a simple offering of water is made at the tank, suggesting that even minimal acts with nāma-smaraṇa yield tṛpti.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha(s)
• Śrāddha
• Tarpaṇa
• Tīrtha-nāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred remembrance (nāma) can itself function as a potent spiritual offering, especially when tied to a renowned tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī Pitṛ-tīrtha described in this adhyāya, identified by its ten traditional names.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It states an exceptional claim: reciting/knowing the ten names grants tṛpti even without formal śrāddha-tarpaṇa.