Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

अग्निदाहमृता ये वै नाग्निदाहश्च येषु वै । ते सर्वे तृप्तिमायांति तीर्थे कापिलधारिके

Transliteration

agnidāhamṛtā ye vai nāgnidāhaśca yeṣu vai | te sarve tṛptimāyāṃti tīrthe kāpiladhārike

Translation

അഗ്നിദാഹത്തിൽ മരിച്ചവരും അഗ്നിദാഹം നടത്തപ്പെടാത്തവരും—അവരെല്ലാം കാപിലധാരികാ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ചെയ്യുന്ന തർപ്പണ-നിവാപങ്ങളാൽ തൃപ്തി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• अग्नि: fire
• अग्नि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपदम्; समासाङ्ग (Masculine; compound member)

• दाह: burning
• दाह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपदम्; समासाङ्ग (Masculine; compound member)

• मृताः: dead
• मृताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त; √मृ मरणे + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (Masculine, Nominative plural; past participle)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (Masculine, Nominative plural; relative pronoun)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अग्नि: fire
• अग्नि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपदम्; समासाङ्ग (Masculine; compound member)

• दाहः: burning (cremation)
• दाहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• येषु: in whom/for whom
• येषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; अधिकरणे (Masculine, Locative plural; relative)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative plural; adjective)

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative singular)

• आयान्ति: attain/come to
• आयान्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Present, 3rd plural, Parasmaipada)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative singular)

• कापिलधारिके: (at) Kāpiladhārikā
• कापिलधारिके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कापिलधारिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Locative singular; adjective qualifying तीर्थे)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapiladhārikā

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Kapiladhārikā’s waterside, a priest guides tarpaṇa; behind, symbolic flames and ash suggest those who died by burning; the river’s coolness signifies pacification.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Kapiladhārikā Tīrtha
• Śrāddha
• Agni-dāha (cremation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s tīrthas compassionately complete what was lacking in funerary rites, granting peace to the departed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapiladhārikā Tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing ancestral offerings (piṇḍa/tarpaṇa as implied) at Kapiladhārikā for those with irregular or absent cremation rites.