Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

पितॄन्संतर्प्य विधिवत्तीर्थे श्रीकुंडसंज्ञिते । दत्त्वा दानानि विधिवन्न लक्ष्म्या परिमुच्यते

Transliteration

pitṝnsaṃtarpya vidhivattīrthe śrīkuṃḍasaṃjñite | dattvā dānāni vidhivanna lakṣmyā parimucyate

Translation

ശ്രീകുണ്ഡം എന്ന തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ വിധിപൂർവ്വം പിതൃകൾക്ക് തർപ്പണം നടത്തി, ശാസ്ത്രവിധിപ്രകാരം ദാനങ്ങൾ നൽകിയാൽ, മനുഷ്യൻ ലക്ഷ്മിയിൽ നിന്ന് വേർപെടുകയില്ല; ലക്ഷ്മി അവനെ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുകയുമില്ല.

Word by Word

• पितॄन्: forefathers
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied
• संतर्प्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: संतर्प् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having satisfied/propitiated’

• विधिवत्: duly, as prescribed
• विधिवत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि + वत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘according to rule’

• तीर्थे: at the pilgrimage place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• श्रीकुण्डसंज्ञिते: called ‘Śrīkuṇḍa’
• श्रीकुण्डसंज्ञिते: Adhikaraṇa (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीकुण्ड + संज्ञित (प्रातिपदिक; ‘named’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘तीर्थे’)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive) ‘having given’

• दानानि: gifts, donations
• दानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• विधिवत्: duly
• विधिवत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि + वत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• लक्ष्म्या: by Lakṣmī (fortune)
• लक्ष्म्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by/with Lakṣmī’ (or ‘from Lakṣmī’ in sense-context)

• परिमुच्यते: is deprived/separated (from)
• परिमुच्यते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīkuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a stepped kuṇḍa in Kāśī offers tarpaṇa with kuśa and water, then presents dāna to a worthy recipient; Lakṣmī’s presence is suggested by lotus motifs and a gentle aureole over the household threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkuṇḍa Tīrtha
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Lakṣmī
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity is sustained by dharmic duties—honoring ancestors and giving charity—performed at sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrīkuṇḍa Tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (ancestral offerings) and vidhivat dāna (rule-based charity) at Śrīkuṇḍa.