Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

पितामहेन सहितो गदाधरसमन्वितः । रविणा पार्षदैः सार्धं तुष्टये वः पितामहाः

Transliteration

pitāmahena sahito gadādharasamanvitaḥ | raviṇā pārṣadaiḥ sārdhaṃ tuṣṭaye vaḥ pitāmahāḥ

Translation

Accompagné de Pitāmaha (Brahmā), entouré du porteur de la massue (Gadādhara), et avec Sūrya et les serviteurs divins, je suis ici pour votre contentement, ô Ancêtres.

Word by Word

• पितामहेन: with Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• पितामहेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सहित’ = accompanied; विशेषणम् (अहं/वृषध्वजः—अध्याहृत)

• गदाधरसमन्वितः: endowed with the mace-bearer (Gadādhara)
• गदाधरसमन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गदा-धर + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘गदां धरः’ (गदाधर) इति तत्पुरुष + ‘समन्वित’ (endowed with) विशेषणम्

• रविणा: with Ravi (the Sun)
• रविणा: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पार्षदैः: with attendants
• पार्षदैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together
• सार्धम्: Sambandha (Comitative particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (together with)

• तुष्टये: for (your) satisfaction
• तुष्टये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the satisfaction)

• वः: of you / for you
• वः: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचन; ‘your/of you/for you’

• पितामहाः: O Pitāmahas / venerable ancestors
• पितामहाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्भोधनार्थे अपि (O grandsires)

Speaker

Vṛṣadhvaja (Śiva) continuing the address to the Pitṛs (contextual continuity from prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛṣadhvaja-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pitṛs (addressed as ‘pितामहाः’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand divine assembly at a Kāśī ghat: Brahmā with four faces, Viṣṇu as Gadādhara holding mace, Sūrya radiant with chariot aura, and attendant gaṇas/devas; below, offerings for pitṛs are made, and ancestral spirits receive satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Gadādhara (Viṣṇu epithet)
• Ravi (Sūrya)
• Pārṣadas
• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to the ancestors is upheld as a cosmic dharma, honored by the highest divine powers and their retinues.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing context is Vṛṣadhvaja Tīrtha in Kāśī, presented as a place where multiple deities support pitṛ-satisfaction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly pitṛ-tarpaṇa/śrāddha-type satisfaction rites; the verse stresses the efficacy rather than detailing steps.