Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

शतं समाःसु तृप्ताः स्युः प्रयच्छंति च वांच्छितम् । हरिश्चंद्रे महातीर्थे स्नात्वा श्रद्धान्वितो नरः

Transliteration

śataṃ samāḥsu tṛptāḥ syuḥ prayacchaṃti ca vāṃcchitam | hariścaṃdre mahātīrthe snātvā śraddhānvito naraḥ

Translation

ਹਰਿਸ਼ਚੰਦਰ ਦੇ ਮਹਾਤੀਰਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਰਧਾ-ਸਹਿਤ ਜੋ ਨਰ ਇਸ਼ਨਾਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਦੇ ਪਿਤਰ ਸੌ ਵਰ੍ਹਿਆਂ ਤੱਕ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਮਨਚਾਹਾ ਵੀ ਬਖ਼ਸ਼ਦੇ ਹਨ।

Word by Word

• शतम्: for a hundred (years)
• शतम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd) एकवचन; परिमाण/संख्या-शब्दः (measure)

• समाःसु: in years
• समाःसु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; ‘समाः’ = years

• तृप्ताः: satisfied
• तृप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप्त (कृदन्त; तृप्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• स्युः: would be
• स्युः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रयच्छन्ति: they grant/bestow
• प्रयच्छन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• वाञ्छितम्: the desired (boon/thing)
• वाञ्छितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाञ्छित (कृदन्त; वाञ्छ्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘desired (thing)’ as substantivized participle

• हरिश्चंद्रे: at Hariścandra
• हरिश्चंद्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिश्चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• महातीर्थे: in the great tīrtha
• महातीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having bathed’

• श्रद्धान्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धान्वितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा-अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; अन्वित = क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समासः: श्रद्धया अन्वितः = ‘endowed with faith’

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hariścandra Mahātīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise, a devotee enters the Gaṅgā at Hariścandra-ghāṭa with folded hands; behind him, faint luminous ancestral figures appear content; a subtle aura indicates 'vāñchita' blessings descending like light.

Characters & Entities

• Hariścandra Mahātīrtha
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful tīrtha-snāna in Kāśī is portrayed as a dharmic act that pleases the ancestors and ripens into blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hariścandra Mahātīrtha in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at Hariścandra Mahātīrtha with śraddhā, implying pitṛ-satisfaction and boon-bestowal.