Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 180

Devanagari script

उदीरतामगिंरस आयंतुन इतीष्यते । ऊर्जं वहंती पितृभ्यः स्वधायिभ्यस्ततः पठेत्

Transliteration

udīratāmagiṃrasa āyaṃtuna itīṣyate | ūrjaṃ vahaṃtī pitṛbhyaḥ svadhāyibhyastataḥ paṭhet

Translation

แล้วพึงสวดมนต์เวทที่ขึ้นต้นว่า ‘อุทีรตām …’ ตามที่บัญญัติไว้; จากนั้นพึงสวด ‘อูรชัง วะหันตี …’ เพื่อบูชาพิฤตฤทั้งหลาย ผู้รับส่วนแห่งสวธา

Word by Word

• udīratām: let them utter / recite
• udīratām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-īr (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/विधिलिङ्-आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपद; √ईर् (īr) with उपसर्ग ud-; अर्थः—‘उच्चारयन्तु/उदीरयन्तु’

• agiṃrasaḥ: the Aṅgirases (descendants of Aṅgiras)
• agiṃrasaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agiṃrasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• āyaṃtuna: let them come / approach
• āyaṃtuna: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-yaṃ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपद; √यम् (yam) with उपसर्ग ā-; वैदिक/छान्दस रूप (Vedic/archaic form)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• īṣyate: is desired / is considered
• īṣyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: īṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (singular); आत्मनेपद; √ईष् (īṣ) ‘इच्छ्/मन्य’—‘इति इष्यते’ = ‘इति मन्यते/इति इच्छ्यते’

• ūrjam: strength; nourishment
• ūrjam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ūrj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• vahantī: carrying / conveying
• vahantī: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vah (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; √वह् (vah)

• pitṛbhyaḥ: to the ancestors
• pitṛbhyaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), बहुवचन (plural)

• svadhāyibhyaḥ: to those who partake of svadhā (pitṛs)
• svadhāyibhyaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svadhāyin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), बहुवचन (plural); ‘स्वधा’ सम्बन्धिनः (those connected with svadhā offerings)

• tataḥ: then / thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—अपादान/क्रमवाचक (ablatival/adverb: ‘thereafter/from that’)

• paṭhet: should recite
• paṭhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/संभावना), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद; √पठ् (paṭh)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Ganga-ghāṭa tarpaṇa-sthāna)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa at a Kāśī ghāṭa recites Vedic formulas with kuśa grass and water-vessel, offering tarpaṇa toward the southern direction for Pitṛs, with lamps and river steps behind.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Svadhā
• Mantra recitation

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestral rites are sustained through correct mantra-recitation, honoring the Pitṛs as recipients of svadhā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s ritual section; it implies Kāśī as a powerful setting for Pitṛ-karmas but names no single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite specified mantra-formulas in sequence for the Pitṛs (svadhāyibhyaḥ), consistent with one’s tradition.