Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यो ह्यनाथस्य विप्रस्य पाणिं ग्राहयते कृती । इह सौख्यमवाप्नोति सोक्षयं स्वर्गमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

yo hyanāthasya viprasya pāṇiṃ grāhayate kṛtī | iha saukhyamavāpnoti sokṣayaṃ svargamāpnuyāt

Translation

Orang yang cakap yang menyelenggarakan upacara pāṇigrahaṇa (pengambilan tangan) bagi seorang brāhmaṇa yang tak berdaya, memperoleh kebahagiaan di dunia ini dan mencapai surga yang tak berkurang.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/पदार्थ-प्रकाशक (particle; emphatic/causal nuance)

• अनाथस्य: of a helpless one
• अनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण

• विप्रस्य: of a brāhmaṇa
• विप्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पाणिम्: hand
• पाणिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ग्राहयते: causes (someone) to take/accept (in marriage)
• ग्राहयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद-रूप (causative sense: ‘causes to take/causes to accept’)

• कृती: a meritorious person
• कृती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• सौख्यम्: happiness
• सौख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्नोति: obtains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव्+आप् (धातु: आप् ‘to obtain’)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अन्वादेश-सर्वनाम

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (स्वर्गम् इति विशेष्य)

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्नुयात्: would attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A benefactor respectfully facilitates a brāhmaṇa wedding: the bride and groom seated near a sacred fire, elders blessing, the donor offering garments/coins and arranging the pāṇigrahaṇa rite; a subtle Kāśī backdrop with ghāṭs and temple spires.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Helping the unprotected complete essential dharmic rites is a high charity that yields both worldly well-being and lasting heavenly merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement occurs in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa milieu; Kāśī’s dharma-teaching frames such acts as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To facilitate the pāṇigraha (marriage rite) for one who is anātha (without support), presented as a source of akṣaya merit.