Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ये शीलयंति सततं भवतोंघ्रियुग्मं ते पुत्रपौत्रधनधान्यसमृद्धिभाजः । संशीलितांघ्रिकमला बहुभृत्यवर्गैर्भूपालभोग्यकमलां विमलां लभंते

Transliteration

ye śīlayaṃti satataṃ bhavatoṃghriyugmaṃ te putrapautradhanadhānyasamṛddhibhājaḥ | saṃśīlitāṃghrikamalā bahubhṛtyavargairbhūpālabhogyakamalāṃ vimalāṃ labhaṃte

Translation

Ceux qui chérissent sans cesse Tes deux pieds obtiennent l’abondance de fils et de petits-fils, de richesses et de moissons. Ayant servi avec ferveur Tes pieds de lotus, ils reçoivent une prospérité pure, digne d’être goûtée par des rois, entourés de nombreux serviteurs.

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• śīlayanti: practice, cultivate
• śīlayanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śīl (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• satataṃ: constantly
• satataṃ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपे नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• bhavataḥ: of you
• bhavataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्राय (honorific), षष्ठी, एकवचन

• aṅghri: foot
• aṅghri: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅghri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (in aṅghri-yugmam)

• yugmam: (your) pair of feet
• yugmam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yugma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अङ्घ्रि-युग्मम् = pair of feet), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• putra: sons
• putra: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• pautra: grandsons
• pautra: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: pautra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• dhana: wealth
• dhana: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• dhānya: grain
• dhānya: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• samṛddhi: prosperity
• samṛddhi: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: samṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• bhājaḥ: sharers of (having) sons, grandsons, wealth, grain, prosperity
• bhājaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāj (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पुत्र-पौत्र-धन-धान्य-समृद्धि-भाजः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• saṃśīlita: well-cultivated
• saṃśīlita: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam+√śīl (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; well-practiced), समासाङ्ग

• aṅghri: foot
• aṅghri: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅghri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• kamalāḥ: (they) whose lotus-feet are well-served
• kamalāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (संशीलित-अङ्घ्रि-कमलाः = whose lotus-feet are well-served), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• bahu: many
• bahu: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• bhṛtya: servants
• bhṛtya: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• vargaiḥ: with many groups of servants
• vargaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (बहु-भृत्य-वर्गैः = with groups of many servants), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• bhūpāla: king
• bhūpāla: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + pāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भू-पाला = king), समासाङ्ग

• bhogya: enjoyable
• bhogya: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• kamalām: Lakṣmī fit to be enjoyed by kings (royal fortune)
• kamalām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भूपाल-भोग्य-कमलाम् = royal-enjoyable Lakṣmī), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vimalām: pure
• vimalām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कमलाम्)

• labhante: obtain
• labhante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees lovingly touch/offer flowers at the deity’s lotus-feet; behind them appear symbols of abundance—granaries, ripe fields, children and grandchildren, orderly attendants; prosperity is shown as clean, luminous, and restrained (vimalā), not indulgent.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Kamalā (Lakṣmī, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion (satatam śīlana) to Gaṇeśa harmonizes worldly well-being—family continuity and prosperity—with purity and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-khaṇḍa context situates these fruits within the sacred life of Kāśī, where worship supports both artha and mokṣa aims.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continual pāda-bhakti (devoted attendance to the deity’s feet) is implied; no specific dāna/snānā rule is stated.