Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

असिपत्रवने ये च कुंभीपाके च ये गताः । रौरवेप्यंधतामिस्रे कालसूत्रे च ये गताः

Transliteration

asipatravane ye ca kuṃbhīpāke ca ye gatāḥ | rauravepyaṃdhatāmisre kālasūtre ca ye gatāḥ

Translation

ຜູ້ທີ່ໄປຮອດ ອະສິປັດຕຣະວະນະ ແລະ ກຸມພີປາກະ; ແລະຜູ້ທີ່ໄປຮອດ ຣໍຣະວະ, ອັນທະຕາມິສຣະ, ແລະ ກາລະສູຕຣະ—ພວກເຂົາກໍຖືກນັບຮວມດ້ວຍ।

Word by Word

• असिपत्रवने: in the Asipatravana (hell)
• असिपत्रवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि-पत्र-वन (प्रातिपदिक; असि + पत्र + वन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; नरकविशेष-स्थाननाम

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• कुंभीपाके: in Kumbhīpāka (hell)
• कुंभीपाके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुंभी-पाक (प्रातिपदिक; कुंभी + पाक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; नरकविशेष

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• गताः: have gone
• गताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; गत्यर्थे ‘गम्’—‘gone/arrived’ (finite verb sense)

• रौरवे: in Raurava (hell)
• रौरवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; नरकविशेष

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• अन्धतामिस्रे: in Andhatāmisra (hell)
• अन्धतामिस्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्ध-तामिस्र (प्रातिपदिक; अन्ध + तामिस्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; नरकविशेष

• कालसूत्रे: in Kālasūtra (hell)
• कालसूत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल-सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक; काल + सूत्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; नरकविशेष

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• गताः: have gone
• गताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्रियार्थे प्रयुक्त

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (frame ṛṣis)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: dark infernal landscapes labeled by naraka names, contrasted with a luminous Kāśī/Śiva-Ganga axis suggesting rescue through sacred merit.

Characters & Entities

• Asipatravana
• Kumbhīpāka
• Raurava
• Andhatāmisra
• Kālasūtra
• Yamaloka (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

No realm is beyond the reach of dharmic remembrance; offerings made with faith can benefit even those suffering in narakas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The implied tīrtha is Gaṅgā in Kāśī, presented as exceptionally potent for relieving the departed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Direct tarpaṇa intention toward departed beings believed to be in specific hells (narakas) named in the Purāṇic tradition.