Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

इमां सांवत्सरीं यात्रां ये करिष्यंति मानवाः । तीर्थप्रतिग्रहात्पापान्निःसरिष्यंति ते नराः

Transliteration

imāṃ sāṃvatsarīṃ yātrāṃ ye kariṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | tīrthapratigrahātpāpānniḥsariṣyaṃti te narāḥ

Translation

இந்த ஆண்டு தோறும் நடைபெறும் யாத்திரையைச் செய்பவர்கள், தீர்த்தத்தின் அருளால் பாவங்களிலிருந்து வெளியேறி விடுபடுவார்கள்।

Word by Word

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; agrees with यात्राम्

• सांवत्सरीम्: annual, yearly
• सांवत्सरीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāṃvatsarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; agrees with यात्राम्

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage, journey
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; accusative singular

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्; nominative plural

• करिष्यन्ति: will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचनम्; they will do/perform

• मानवाः: people
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्; nominative plural

• तीर्थप्रतिग्रहात्: from the undertaking/acceptance of the pilgrimage
• तीर्थप्रतिग्रहात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha-pratigraha (प्रातिपदिक; तीर्थ + प्रतिग्रह)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचनम्; ablative singular; ‘from (the merit of) accepting/undertaking the tīrtha’

• पापान्: sins
• पापान्: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचनम्; accusative plural

• निःसरिष्यन्ति: will be freed (will come out)
• निःसरिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nis-√sṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचनम्; they will come out/be freed

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्; nominative plural

• नराः: men, persons
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्; nominative plural

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piśācamocana (annual yātrā context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of pilgrims walking the ghāṭa route with waterpots and offerings, pausing at the tīrtha; a sense of movement and vow-keeping across years.

Characters & Entities

• Piśācamocana Tīrtha
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Yātrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular sacred pilgrimage disciplines life and becomes a means of purification from pāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The annual yātrā connected to Piśācamocana Tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To perform the sāṃvatsarī (annual) yātrā—an established yearly pilgrimage observance.