Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

संति तीर्थान्यनेकानि पापत्राणकराणि च । न शक्तान्यधिकं दातुं कृतैनः परिशुद्धितः

Transliteration

saṃti tīrthānyanekāni pāpatrāṇakarāṇi ca | na śaktānyadhikaṃ dātuṃ kṛtainaḥ pariśuddhitaḥ

Translation

အပြစ်မှကာကွယ်ပေးသော သန့်ရှင်းသည့် တီရ္ထများ များစွာရှိသော်လည်း၊ ပြုခဲ့ပြီးသော အပြစ်တို့ကို အပြည့်အဝ ဆေးကြောသန့်စင်ခြင်းထက် ပိုလွန်သော သန့်စင်မှုကို မပေးနိုင်ကြ။

Word by Word

• सन्ति: are/exist
• सन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective) of तीर्थानि

• पापत्राणकराणि: that remove/protect from sin
• पापत्राणकराणि: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-त्राण-कर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष: पापस्य त्राणं कुर्वन्ति (those that effect rescue from sin); विशेषण of तीर्थानि

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• शक्तानि: able
• शक्तानि: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण of तीर्थानि

• अधिकम्: more/further
• अधिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially)

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अर्थः—कर्तुं (to do)

• कृतैनः: of committed sin
• कृतैनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत-एनस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय: कृतं एनः (sin that has been committed)

• परिशुद्धितः: from purification
• परिशुद्धितः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (implied as superior purifier)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative pilgrim hears a sage’s teaching: countless tīrthas are shown as river-fords in the distance, while Kāśī shines as a luminous kṣetra suggesting a higher, liberating purity.

Characters & Entities

• Prayāga
• Tīrtharāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Not all tīrthas bestow the same measure of purification; the text prepares the reader for the supreme greatness of a foremost tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is setting up the glorification of Prayāga, renowned as the Tīrtharāja (King of Tīrthas).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it speaks generally of tīrtha-based purification from sin.