Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

नरः स्नात्वासिसंभेदे संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः । श्राद्धं विधाय विधिना पित्रानृण्यमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

naraḥ snātvāsisaṃbhede saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ | śrāddhaṃ vidhāya vidhinā pitrānṛṇyamavāpnuyāt

Translation

അസിസംഭേദത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് പിതൃദേവതകളെ തർപ്പണംകൊണ്ട് തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തി, വിധിപൂർവ്വം ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്താൽ മനുഷ്യൻ പിതൃഋണത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകും.

Word by Word

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund): having bathed

• असिसंभेदे: at Asisaṃbheda
• असिसंभेदे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि (प्रातिपदिक) + संभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied
• संतर्प्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु) उपसर्गः सम्-
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund): having satisfied (by offerings)

• पितृदेवताः: the Pitṛ-deities (ancestors as deities)
• पितृदेवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (पितर एव देवताः)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• विधाय: having performed
• विधाय: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) उपसर्गः वि-
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund): having performed

• विधिना: according to rule/with proper procedure
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• पित्रानृण्यम्: freedom from debt to the ancestors
• पित्रानृण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + अनृण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पितॄणाम् अनृण्यम् = freedom from debt to ancestors)

• अवाप्नुयात्: may obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) उपसर्गः अव-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Asisaṃbheda

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at Asisaṃbheda, then offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands to pitṛs and devatās; a śrāddha setting with priests, kusa grass, and offerings follows.

Characters & Entities

• Asisaṃbheda
• Pitṛs (ancestral deities)
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes gratitude to lineage; proper rites at a sacred tīrtha complete one’s duty to the ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Asisaṃbheda in Kāśī, recommended for snāna and pitṛ-related rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at Asisaṃbheda, offer tarpaṇa to the Pitṛs, and perform Śrāddha according to prescribed rules to attain pitṛ-ānṛṇya.