Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

अस्मिंस्तीर्थे महापुण्ये ये स्नास्यंतीह मानवाः । पिंडांश्च निर्वपिष्यंति संध्यातर्पणपूर्वकम्

Transliteration

asmiṃstīrthe mahāpuṇye ye snāsyaṃtīha mānavāḥ | piṃḍāṃśca nirvapiṣyaṃti saṃdhyātarpaṇapūrvakam

Translation

ഈ മഹാപുണ്യ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ഇവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് സന്ധ്യാവന്ദനവും തർപ്പണവും കഴിഞ്ഞ് പിണ്ഡദാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യർ പിതൃകർമ്മഫലമായി മഹാപുണ്യം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; locative singular (in this)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; locative singular

• महापुण्ये: greatly meritorious
• महापुण्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-puṇya (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुण्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; adjective agreeing with तीर्थे

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्; nominative plural

• स्नास्यन्ति: will bathe
• स्नास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचनम्; they will bathe

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• मानवाः: people, men
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्; nominative plural

• पिण्डान्: rice-balls (funeral offerings)
• पिण्डान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचनम्; accusative plural

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

• निर्वपिष्यन्ति: will offer (as oblations)
• निर्वपिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√vap (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचनम्; they will offer/scatter (as oblation)

• संध्यातर्पणपूर्वकम्: preceded by twilight worship and tarpaṇa
• संध्यातर्पणपूर्वकम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃdhyā-tarpaṇa-pūrvaka (प्रातिपदिक; संध्या + तर्पण + पूर्वक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; adverbial accusative used as qualifier of action: ‘with/preceded by’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piśācamocana

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a Kāśī ghāṭa performs snāna, then saṃdhyā with arghya, then offers tarpaṇa and places piṇḍas on darbha near the water’s edge; priests and lamps nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Piśācamocana Tīrtha
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Piṇḍa
• Saṃdhyā
• Tarpaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and ancestral duty (pitṛ-kārya) performed at a powerful tīrtha multiplies merit and supports dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A highly meritorious tīrtha in Kāśī, contextually the Piśācamocana Tīrtha of Vārāṇasī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), followed by saṃdhyā observance and tarpaṇa, and then piṇḍa-offering for ancestors.