Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

येषां गर्भेऽभवत्स्रावो येऽ दंतजननामृताः । तेषां तृप्तिर्भवेन्नूनं तीर्थे कापिलधारिके

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ garbhe'bhavatsrāvo ye' daṃtajananāmṛtāḥ | teṣāṃ tṛptirbhavennūnaṃ tīrthe kāpiladhārike

Translation

Certamente, no tīrtha de Kāpiladhārā nasce a plena satisfação, mesmo para os seres ligados a nascimentos atribulados: aqueles em cujo ventre houve fluxo ou aborto, e aqueles cuja vida foi “amṛta” apenas no tempo do nascer dos dentes, isto é, ceifada na primeira infância.

Word by Word

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘of whom’

• गर्भे: in the womb
• गर्भे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the womb’

• अभवत्: occurred
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘was/occurred’

• स्रावः: discharge/flow
• स्रावः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्राव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘flow/discharge’

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘who’

• दन्तजनन: teething (tooth-birth)
• दन्तजनन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्त+जनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘tooth-birth/teething’ (समासाङ्ग)

• अमृताः: nectar-like
• अमृताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘nectar-like/immortal’ (predicate adjective; sense: ‘like nectar’)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘of them’

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘satisfaction’

• भवेत्: may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘may be/should be’

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of certainty) — ‘surely’

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the tīrtha’

• कापिलधारिके: at Kāpiladhārikā
• कापिलधारिके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कापिल+धारिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘at Kāpiladhārikā’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāpiladhārā

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tender riverside rite: grieving parents/kin offer water and small piṇḍas with lamps; a compassionate priest guides; faint, childlike ancestral forms are shown receiving peace; the atmosphere is quiet, consoling, and sacred.

Characters & Entities

• Kāpiladhārā
• Pitṛ-tṛpti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s grace extends even to complex or painful ancestral circumstances, affirming Kāśī as a refuge for Pitṛ upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāpiladhārā tīrtha in Kāśī, especially for ensuring Pitṛ-tṛpti in difficult cases.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit procedure is stated in this verse; it highlights the assured efficacy of performing Pitṛ-oriented acts at Kāpiladhārā.