Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यो ह्यनाथस्य विप्रस्य पाणिं ग्राहयते कृती । इह सौख्यमवाप्नोति सोक्षयं स्वर्गमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

yo hyanāthasya viprasya pāṇiṃ grāhayate kṛtī | iha saukhyamavāpnoti sokṣayaṃ svargamāpnuyāt

Translation

അനാഥനായ ബ്രാഹ്മണന്റെ പാണിഗ്രഹണം (വിവാഹം) നടത്തിക്കൊടുക്കുന്ന കഴിവുള്ളവൻ ഇഹലോകത്തിൽ സുഖം നേടുന്നു; ക്ഷയമില്ലാത്ത സ്വർഗ്ഗം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/पदार्थ-प्रकाशक (particle; emphatic/causal nuance)

• अनाथस्य: of a helpless one
• अनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण

• विप्रस्य: of a brāhmaṇa
• विप्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पाणिम्: hand
• पाणिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ग्राहयते: causes (someone) to take/accept (in marriage)
• ग्राहयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद-रूप (causative sense: ‘causes to take/causes to accept’)

• कृती: a meritorious person
• कृती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• सौख्यम्: happiness
• सौख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्नोति: obtains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव्+आप् (धातु: आप् ‘to obtain’)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अन्वादेश-सर्वनाम

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (स्वर्गम् इति विशेष्य)

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्नुयात्: would attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A benefactor respectfully facilitates a brāhmaṇa wedding: the bride and groom seated near a sacred fire, elders blessing, the donor offering garments/coins and arranging the pāṇigrahaṇa rite; a subtle Kāśī backdrop with ghāṭs and temple spires.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Helping the unprotected complete essential dharmic rites is a high charity that yields both worldly well-being and lasting heavenly merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement occurs in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa milieu; Kāśī’s dharma-teaching frames such acts as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To facilitate the pāṇigraha (marriage rite) for one who is anātha (without support), presented as a source of akṣaya merit.