Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तत्र श्राद्धे कृते पुत्रैः पितृलोकं प्रयांति ते । आनुसूयेश्वरं लिंगं गोप्रेक्षादुत्तरे मुने

Transliteration

tatra śrāddhe kṛte putraiḥ pitṛlokaṃ prayāṃti te | ānusūyeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ goprekṣāduttare mune

Translation

वहाँ पुत्रों द्वारा श्राद्ध किए जाने पर वे पितर पितृलोक को जाते हैं। हे मुने, गो-प्रेक्षा के उत्तर में ‘आनुसूयेश्वर’ नामक लिंग स्थित है।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• श्राद्धे: in/at the śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/Occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृते: when done/performed
• कृते: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (श्राद्धे कृते = when śrāddha is performed)

• पुत्रैः: by sons
• पुत्रैः: Karta (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पितृ-लोकम्: the world of the ancestors
• पितृ-लोकम्: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रयान्ति: go/attain
• प्रयान्ति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• आनुसूय-ईश्वरम्: Ānusūyeśvara (Lord connected with Anasūyā)
• आनुसूय-ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुसूया (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गो-प्रेक्षात्: from (the place) Goprekṣā
• गो-प्रेक्षात्: Apadāna (Reference point)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रेक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अपादान (from Goprekṣā, a place-name)

• उत्तरे: to the north
• उत्तरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दिशावाचक; (understood: देशे)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Śrāddha-tīrtha in the Kāpila Hrada/Kuntīśvara vicinity) and Ānusūyeśvara Liṅga (north of Go-prekṣā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sons performing śrāddha on a riverbank/ghāṭa with darbha, piṇḍas, and water offerings; a subtle vision of ancestors ascending to a luminous realm; then a cut to the Ānusūyeśvara liṅga north of Go-prekṣā.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Pitṛloka
• Ānusūyeśvara liṅga
• Go-prekṣā (place-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Filial duty (śrāddha) performed in Kāśī is depicted as a direct means of uplifting ancestors, integrating family dharma with tīrtha devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānusūyeśvara liṅga, located north of Go-prekṣā in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of śrāddha by sons at this sacred locale for the benefit of ancestors.