Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

सान्नान्सदक्षिणान्देवि पितॄनुद्दिश्य हर्षिताः । विधाय पारणं पश्चाच्छिवभक्तजनैः सह

Transliteration

sānnānsadakṣiṇāndevi pitṝnuddiśya harṣitāḥ | vidhāya pāraṇaṃ paścācchivabhaktajanaiḥ saha

Translation

Ô Déesse, offrant avec joie des mets cuits et des dons (dakṣiṇā) au nom des Pitṛ, ils achèvent ensuite dûment l’observance par le pāraṇa, la rupture du jeûne, avec l’assemblée des dévots de Śiva.

Word by Word

• स-आन्नान्: (those) with food offerings
• स-आन्नान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + स (उपसर्ग/अव्ययार्थक-पूर्वपद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘आन्न’ (भोजन) सहित

• स-दक्षिणान्: (those) with gifts/fees
• स-दक्षिणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक) + स (उपसर्ग/अव्ययार्थक-पूर्वपद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण—दक्षिणा सहित

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

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

• उद्दिश्य: having dedicated (to)
• उद्दिश्य: Kriya (Non-finite verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); ‘उद्दिश्य’—उद्देशं कृत्वा, ‘having dedicated/aimed at’

• हर्षिताः: delighted
• हर्षिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षित (प्रातिपदिक; √हृष् धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण—‘प्रसन्नाः/आनन्दिताः’

• विधाय: having performed
• विधाय: Kriya (Non-finite verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); ‘having performed/arranged’

• पारणम्: the breaking of the fast (pāraṇa)
• पारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• शिव-भक्त-जनैः: with the people devoted to Śiva
• शिव-भक्त-जनैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘शिवस्य भक्ताः ये जनाः’

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-प्रयोगे अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Gaurī/Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kāśī household or pilgrim group completes a vrata: cooked food is offered with dakṣiṇā for pitṛs; then devotees break the fast together in a Śiva-bhakta assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Pitṛs
• Śiva-bhaktas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is completed through gratitude to the ancestors and fellowship with Śiva’s devotees, sealing a vow with proper pāraṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) sacred field described in Adhyāya 25, in the context of Triviṣṭapa and nearby tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering anna and dakṣiṇā for the Pitṛs, followed by pāraṇa (formal breaking of the observance) with Śiva devotees.