Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

गयायां यादृशी तृप्तिर्लभ्यते प्रपितामहैः । तीर्थे पादोदके काश्यां तादृशी लभ्यते ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

gayāyāṃ yādṛśī tṛptirlabhyate prapitāmahaiḥ | tīrthe pādodake kāśyāṃ tādṛśī labhyate dhruvam

Translation

La même satisfaction que les ancêtres obtiennent à Gayā s’obtient assurément à Kāśī, au gué sacré de Pādodaka.

Word by Word

• gayāyām: in Gayā
• gayāyām: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• yādṛśī: such as/whatever kind of
• yādṛśī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yādṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (fem, nom sg); विशेषण (relative-correlative)

• tṛptiḥ: satisfaction/contentment
• tṛptiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• labhyate: is obtained
• labhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense): "is obtained"

• prapitāmahaiḥ: by the great-grandfathers (ancestors)
• prapitāmahaiḥ: Karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prapitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (instrumental plural): "by the great-grandfathers"

• tīrthe: in the sacred place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• pāda-udake: in the foot-water
• pāda-udake: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: "पादस्य उदके"; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• kāśyām: in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• kāśyām: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• tādṛśī: of that same kind
• tādṛśī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (correlative)

• labhyate: is obtained
• labhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): "is obtained"

• dhruvam: certainly
• dhruvam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-विशेषण (adverbial accusative): "certainly/indeed"

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādodaka-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-scene concept: on one side Gayā with piṇḍa offerings; on the other Pādodaka in Kāśī mirroring the same ancestral satisfaction, with pitṛs receiving offerings equally.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Pādodaka-tīrtha
• Gayā
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is elevated as a supreme pilgrimage center where pitṛ rites yield results comparable to the most famed ancestral site, Gayā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pādodaka-tīrtha in Kāśī, explicitly compared to Gayā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The context implies pitṛ-rites (śrāddha/tarpaṇa) at Pādodaka as yielding assured ancestral satisfaction.