Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

सूर्येंदु संगमे येत्र पितॄणां तृप्तिकामुकाः । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयिष्यंति तेषां श्राद्धमनंतकम्

Transliteration

sūryeṃdu saṃgame yetra pitṝṇāṃ tṛptikāmukāḥ | brāhmaṇānbhojayiṣyaṃti teṣāṃ śrāddhamanaṃtakam

Translation

சூரிய-சந்திர சங்கமமான இத்தலத்தில் பித்ருத் திருப்தியை நாடி பிராமணர்களுக்கு அன்னதானம் செய்பவர்களின் ஸ்ராத்தம் புண்ணியத்தில் அక్షயமாக, அனந்த பலன் தரும்.

Word by Word

• सूर्य: sun
• सूर्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of the sun’ (समासाङ्ग)

• इन्दु: moon
• इन्दु: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of the moon’ (समासाङ्ग)

• सङ्गमे: at the meeting/conjunction
• सङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in/at the confluence/meeting’

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb) — ‘here’

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘of the ancestors’

• तृप्ति: satisfaction
• तृप्ति: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासाङ्ग (genitival member) — ‘satisfaction’

• कामुकाः: desirous
• कामुकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘desirous’ (विशेषण)

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन — ‘Brahmins’

• भोजयिष्यन्ति: will feed
• भोजयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भोजय् (धातु) < भुज् (धातु) causative (णिच्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन — ‘they will cause to eat/feed’

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

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha (ancestral rite)
• श्राद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘śrāddha rite’ (here: subject/predicate-noun)

• अनन्तकम्: endless
• अनन्तकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘endless/without end’ (विशेषण)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūryendu-saṅgama (as named in the verse)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dawn confluence: two luminous discs (Sun and Moon) symbolically above sacred waters; a householder offers piṇḍa and water-libations while Brāhmaṇas are respectfully fed on leaf-plates; Kāśī’s ghāṭas and temples silhouette the background.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Indu (Candra)
• Pitṛs
• Brāhmaṇas
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity through feeding the worthy, performed at an empowered sacred geography, multiplies the fruit of Pitṛ rites beyond measure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sūrya–Indu-saṅgama tīrtha in Kāśī, associated with Pitṛ satisfaction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feeding Brāhmaṇas at the Sūrya–Indu confluence with the intention of Pitṛ-tṛpti is taught as a powerful śrāddha-supporting act.