Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणो वत्सरं पूर्णं रममाणोऽप्सरोगणैः । सुतीर्थमरणोपात्त पुण्यशेषेण वै पुनः

Transliteration

brahmaṇo vatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ ramamāṇo'psarogaṇaiḥ | sutīrthamaraṇopātta puṇyaśeṣeṇa vai punaḥ

Translation

ตลอดหนึ่งปีเต็มตามกาลของพระพรหม ท่านจะรื่นรมย์เล่นสนุกกับหมู่อัปสรา; แล้วต่อมา ด้วยบุญที่ยังเหลือจากการสิ้นชีพ ณ ตีรถะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ท่านจักกลับมาอีกครั้ง.

Word by Word

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā / of Brahman
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• vatsaram: a year
• vatsaram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण/Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण

• pūrṇam: full, complete
• pūrṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to vatsaram)

• ramamāṇaḥ: enjoying, sporting
• ramamāṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ram (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), आत्मनेपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• apsarogaṇaiḥ: with groups of apsarases
• apsarogaṇaiḥ: Sahakārī (सहकारी/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apsaras + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (apsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ)

• sutīrtha-maraṇa-upātta: obtained through death at a good sacred ford
• sutīrtha-maraṇa-upātta: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of puṇyaśeṣeṇa/implicit state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-tīrtha + maraṇa + upātta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; upātta = भूतकृदन्त (PPP of ā-√dā 'to obtain')

• puṇyaśeṣeṇa: by the remaining merit
• puṇyaśeṣeṇa: Karana (करण/Instrument; cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya-śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (puṇyasya śeṣaḥ)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha-bodhaka (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Gaṇas (continuing speech, deduced from preceding verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Su-tīrtha (implied Kāśī/Avimukta as the death-site in narrative arc)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: audience; within story: Śivaśarman is being informed by gaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial pleasure-garden: Śivaśarman amid apsarā-gaṇas under jeweled trees; above, a subtle hourglass/cosmic wheel indicating a ‘Brahmā-year’; in the distance, a path curving back toward earth symbolizing return by puṇya-śeṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Apsaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-associated merit is portrayed as enduring and structured, yielding celestial enjoyment and further auspicious destiny through remaining puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It praises “su-tīrtha” (an excellent holy place); within Kāśī-khaṇḍa, this points to the tīrtha-power of Kāśī and its sacred death traditions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse highlights the spiritual potency (puṇya) connected with tīrtha-death (tīrtha-maraṇa).