Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तथा चंद्रोदकुंडेऽत्र श्राद्धैस्तृप्यंति पूर्वजाः । गयायां च यथा मुच्येत्सर्वर्णात्पितृजान्नरः

Transliteration

tathā caṃdrodakuṃḍe'tra śrāddhaistṛpyaṃti pūrvajāḥ | gayāyāṃ ca yathā mucyetsarvarṇātpitṛjānnaraḥ

Translation

അതുപോലെ ഇവിടെ ചന്ദ്രോദകുണ്ഡത്തിൽ ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്താൽ പൂർവ്വജർ തൃപ്തരാകുന്നു. ഗയയിൽ മനുഷ്യൻ പിതൃഋണം മുതലായ എല്ലാ ഋണങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചിതനാകുന്നതുപോലെ, ഇവിടെക്കും മോചനം ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus/in the same way”)

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

• चंद्रोदकुंडे: in the Candrodakuṇḍa (moon-water pond)
• चंद्रोदकुंडे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र-उद-कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place: here)

• श्राद्धैः: by śrāddha rites
• श्राद्धैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करण (instrumental: by means of)

• तृप्यन्ति: are satisfied
• तृप्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पूर्वजाः: ancestors
• पूर्वजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्तृ (subject)

• गयायाम्: in Gayā
• गयायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

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

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as, just as)

• मुच्येत्: would be freed
• मुच्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense: “would be released”)

• सर्वर्णात्: from all debts
• सर्वर्णात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-ऋण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative: from)

• पितृजात्: arising from the fathers (ancestral)
• पितृजात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘ऋणात्’)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candroda-kuṇḍa / Candroda-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim performs śrāddha beside a moon-associated pond in Kāśī; offerings of piṇḍa and water-libations are made while subtle ancestral figures appear gratified in the background; distant silhouette of a Śiva shrine (Candreśvara).

Characters & Entities

• Candroda-kuṇḍa
• Gayā
• pitṛ (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s sacred waters can bestow Gayā-like fulfillment of ancestral duty and relief from inherited obligations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candroda-kuṇḍa (the Candroda pond) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha at Candroda-kuṇḍa for ancestral satisfaction and release from pitṛ-related obligations.