Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

सचैलमादौ संस्नाय चक्रपुष्करिणीजले । संतर्प्यदेवासपितॄन्ब्राह्मणांश्च तथार्थिनः

Transliteration

sacailamādau saṃsnāya cakrapuṣkariṇījale | saṃtarpyadevāsapitṝnbrāhmaṇāṃśca tathārthinaḥ

Translation

Mula-mula, walaupun masih berpakaian, hendaklah mandi di air Cakrapuṣkariṇī; kemudian lakukan tarpana untuk menyenangkan para dewa dan para leluhur, serta berikan dana kepada para brāhmaṇa dan orang yang memerlukan.

Word by Word

• सचैलम्: with clothes (on)
• सचैलम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स-चैल (प्रातिपदिक; स + चैल)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial), अर्थः—‘वस्त्रसहितम्’

• आदौ: at first
• आदौ: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequence adverb)

• संस्नाय: having bathed
• संस्नाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done); धातु—स्ना (to bathe) उपसर्ग—सम्

• चक्रपुष्करिणीजले: in the water of the Cakra-lake
• चक्रपुष्करिणीजले: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र-पुष्करिणी-जल (प्रातिपदिक; चक्र + पुष्करिणी + जल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied (fed/propitiated)
• संतर्प्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); धातु—तृप् (to satisfy) उपसर्ग—सम्

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्म (object)

• पितॄन्: the ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्म (object)

• ब्राह्मणान्: the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्म (object)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• अर्थिनः: the supplicants/beggars
• अर्थिनः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्म (object)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrapuṣkariṇī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn steps into a lotus-filled sacred tank (puṣkariṇī), bathing with cloth on; afterward he offers water with cupped hands toward the sun and to the pitṛs, while attendants distribute food and coins to brāhmaṇas and the poor on the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Cakrapuṣkariṇī
• Devas
• Pitṛs
• Brāhmaṇas
• The needy (arthin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only travel but dharmic purification—snāna, pitṛ-tarpaṇa, and charity integrate devotion with social and ancestral duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakrapuṣkariṇī is named as the starting water-body for the pilgrim’s purificatory bath.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Cakrapuṣkariṇī, followed by tarpaṇa for devas and pitṛs, and dāna/feeding for brāhmaṇas and the needy.