Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

गोभूहिरण्यदानेन भक्त्या गंगातटे शुभे । नरो न जायते भूयः संसारे दुःखकंटके

Transliteration

gobhūhiraṇyadānena bhaktyā gaṃgātaṭe śubhe | naro na jāyate bhūyaḥ saṃsāre duḥkhakaṃṭake

Translation

ശുഭമായ ഗംഗാതടത്തിൽ ഭക്തിയോടെ ഗോ, ഭൂമി, ഹിരണ്യം എന്നിവ ദാനം ചെയ്താൽ, ദുഃഖകണ്ടകമയമായ ഈ സംസാരത്തിൽ മനുഷ്യൻ വീണ്ടും ജനിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• गोभूहिरण्यदानेन: by the giving of cows, land, and gold
• गोभूहिरण्यदानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + भू + हिरण्य + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘गोदान-भूदान-हिरण्यदान’ समाहारः

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• गङ्गातटे: on the bank of the Gaṅgā
• गङ्गातटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा + तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘गङ्गायाः तटे’

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गङ्गातटे)

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

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negator/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: again)

• संसारे: in worldly existence
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दुःखकण्टके: in the thorny (realm) of suffering
• दुःखकण्टके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख + कण्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘दुःखस्य कण्टकः’ (metaphor: thorn of sorrow)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-taṭa (Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a bright Gaṅgā bank, a donor offers a cow, deeds of land, and gold to worthy recipients; the background shows ghāṭas and temples; above, a symbolic breaking of saṃsāra’s thorny thicket into calm light.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Dāna (charity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna performed with bhakti at a supremely sacred site is presented as a direct aid toward liberation from rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The auspicious Gaṅgā bank in Kāśī, associated with exceptional mokṣa-bestowing power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Charitable giving (dāna) of cows, land, and gold at the Gaṅgā-taṭa, performed with devotion.