Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

तीर्थप्रसंगात्तीर्थांगमप्युक्तं त्वत्पुरोमया । स्वर्गसाधनमेवैतन्मोक्षोपायश्च वै भवेत्

Transliteration

tīrthaprasaṃgāttīrthāṃgamapyuktaṃ tvatpuromayā | svargasādhanamevaitanmokṣopāyaśca vai bhavet

Translation

തീർത്ഥങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള പ്രസംഗത്തിൽ നിന്റെ സന്നിധിയിൽ തീർത്ഥയാത്രയുടെ അങ്കോപാംഗങ്ങളും ഞാൻ വിവരിച്ചു. ഇതു നിശ്ചയമായും സ്വർഗ്ഗസാധനവും മോക്ഷത്തിനുള്ള സത്യോപായവും ആകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तीर्थप्रसङ्गात्: from the context/occasion of tīrtha
• तीर्थप्रसङ्गात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha + prasaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तीर्थस्य प्रसङ्गः)

• तीर्थाङ्गम्: a limb/part of the tīrtha (topic)
• तीर्थाङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तीर्थस्य अङ्गम्)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• उक्तम्: has been stated
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय (said/mentioned)

• त्वत्: by you / of you
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (2nd person)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly/earlier)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (1st person)

• स्वर्गसाधनम्: means to heaven
• स्वर्गसाधनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga + sādhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गस्य साधनम्)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (only/indeed)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• मोक्षोपायः: means to liberation
• मोक्षोपायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa + upāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मोक्षस्य उपायः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (and)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/indeed)

• भवेत्: would be / should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Svarga
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not mere travel; its disciplines (tīrthāṅga) are presented as a soteriological path—granting both svarga and mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse summarizes tīrtha-teaching generally within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, setting the stage for the special glory of Avimukta-Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite; it references the broader set of tīrthāṅgas already taught (such as snāna, upavāsa, śrāddha, and muṇḍana).