Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

करपात्रीति विख्याता भिक्षापात्रविवर्जिता । तेषां शतगुणं पुण्यं भवत्येव दिनेदिने

Transliteration

karapātrīti vikhyātā bhikṣāpātravivarjitā | teṣāṃ śataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ bhavatyeva dinedine

Translation

जे ‘करपात्री’ म्हणून विख्यात—भिक्षापात्राविना—त्यांचे पुण्य दिवसेंदिवस शतगुणे वाढतच जाते।

Word by Word

• करपात्री: (one) called ‘karapātrī’ (hand-as-bowl mendicant)
• करपात्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करपात्री (प्रातिपदिक; कर+पात्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; संज्ञा—‘करपात्री’

• इति: thus/so called
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-प्रयोगः (quotative particle)

• विख्याता: renowned/known
• विख्याता: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+ख्या (धातु) → विख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) — ‘renowned/known’

• भिक्षापात्रविवर्जिता: devoid of a begging bowl
• भिक्षापात्रविवर्जिता: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिक्षापात्रविवर्जिता (प्रातिपदिक; भिक्षा+पात्र+विवर्जित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘भिक्षापात्रेण विवर्जिता’ (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/निर्देश) ; कृदन्त (क्त)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• शतगुणम्: hundredfold
• शतगुणम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतगुण (प्रातिपदिक; शत+गुण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘शतं गुणाः यस्य/यत्’ (निर्देश)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• दिने: in a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति—‘दिने दिने’ (each day)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene Kāśī lane near a ghat: a renunciant with no begging bowl, receiving a small handful of alms directly into his palm; temples and pilgrims in the background; Ganga light shimmering.

Characters & Entities

• Karapātrin (hand-bowl ascetic)
• Yati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Radical simplicity and non-possessiveness in renunciation are praised as greatly merit-producing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kāśī-khaṇḍa, such ascetic ideals are framed as especially fruitful in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The ascetic discipline of living without a begging bowl—taking alms in the hand (karapātra)—is commended.