Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ततः पुनर्दंडपाणिमित्येषा पंचतीर्थिका

Transliteration

tataḥ punardaṃḍapāṇimityeṣā paṃcatīrthikā

Translation

បន្ទាប់មក ត្រឡប់ទៅកាន់ ដណ្ឌបាណិ ម្តងទៀត—នេះហៅថា វដ្ត «បញ្ចតីរថ» (ទីរថប្រាំ)។

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरवाचक (thereafter)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Repetition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again)

• दंडपाणिम्: Daṇḍapāṇi
• दंडपाणिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड-पाणि (प्रातिपदिक; दण्ड + पाणि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (implicit: नमेत्/अर्चेत् etc.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/marker)

• एषा: this
• एषा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; कर्तृ/उद्देश्य (subject)

• पंचतीर्थिका: the five-tīrtha circuit
• पंचतीर्थिका: Karta-predicative (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च-तीर्थिका (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + तीर्थिका)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcatīrthikā (five-tīrtha circuit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim returns to a shrine of Daṇḍapāṇi—depicted as a stern guardian holding a staff—offering a final namaskāra, lamp, and flowers, signifying the completion of a five-stop sacred circuit.

Characters & Entities

• Daṇḍapāṇi
• Pañcatīrthikā
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s sanctity is approached through structured circuits; completing the prescribed set is itself a dharmic act with cumulative merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Daṇḍapāṇi is the concluding/return point named for the pañcatīrthikā sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Complete the pañcatīrthikā by returning to (or worshiping again at) Daṇḍapāṇi.