Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तृप्ता भवंति पितरस्तस्य वर्षशतं हरे । यच्छंति विविधान्कामान्परितुष्टाः पितामहाः

Transliteration

tṛptā bhavaṃti pitarastasya varṣaśataṃ hare | yacchaṃti vividhānkāmānparituṣṭāḥ pitāmahāḥ

Translation

ഹേ ഹരി! അവന്റെ പിതൃന്മാർ നൂറുവർഷം തൃപ്തരായി ഇരിക്കും; അത്യന്തം പ്രസന്നരായ പിതാമഹന്മാർ അവന് വിവിധ അഭിലാഷങ്ങൾ വരമായി നൽകും.

Word by Word

• तृप्ताः: satisfied
• तृप्ताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √तृप्)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying पितरः)

• भवन्ति: become/are
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive Singular)

• वर्ष-शतम्: for a hundred years
• वर्ष-शतम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (शतं वर्षाणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative Singular; duration)

• हरे: O Hari
• हरे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Vocative Singular)

• यच्छन्ति: grant
• यच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• विविधान्: various
• विविधान्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying कामान्)

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• परितुष्टाः: well-pleased
• परितुष्टाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √तुष्)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying पितामहाः)

• पितामहाः: forefathers/grandsires
• पितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ancestral figures (pitṛs) appear in a subtle celestial register above the Gaṅgā, serene and satisfied, extending blessings toward the devotee; the river acts as a luminous bridge between worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Pitṛs
• Pitāmahas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When ancestors are satisfied through proper offerings, their grace returns as protection and fulfillment of worthy aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context continues the Gaṅgā-centered rite within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The stated result (phala) of the prior ancestral offering: long-lasting Pitṛ satisfaction and bestowal of boons.