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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

कृती संचिनुयाद्धर्मं ततोऽमुत्र सहायिनम् । धर्मं सहायिनं लब्द्ध्वा संतरेद्दुस्तरं तमः

Transliteration

kṛtī saṃcinuyāddharmaṃ tato'mutra sahāyinam | dharmaṃ sahāyinaṃ labddhvā saṃtareddustaraṃ tamaḥ

Translation

ฉะนั้นผู้มีปัญญาพึงสั่งสมธรรมะไว้เป็นผู้ช่วยในโลกหน้า ครั้นได้ธรรมะเป็นสหายแล้ว ย่อมข้ามพ้นความมืดอันข้ามได้ยาก

Word by Word
कृतीa wise/active person
कृती:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकृतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
संचिनुयात्should accumulate
संचिनुयात्:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + चि (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd person, Singular
धर्मम्dharma, merit
धर्मम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular
ततःthen; therefore
ततः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अव्यय-प्रकारः: अव्यय-सम्बन्ध/क्रम (then/from that) — indeclinable adverb
अमुत्रthere (in the next world)
अमुत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअमुत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देश/कालवाचक (there, in the other world) — adverb
सहायिनम्as a helper
सहायिनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular; धर्मम् इति विशेषणम्
धर्मम्dharma
धर्मम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular
सहायिनम्helpful, a companion
सहायिनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular; धर्मम् इति विशेषणम्
लब्ध्वाhaving obtained
लब्ध्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — having obtained
संतरेत्should cross over
संतरेत्:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + तॄ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd person, Singular
दुस्तरम्hard to cross
दुस्तरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; तमः इति विशेषणम्
तमःdarkness (ignorance)
तमः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wise person gathers ‘dharma’ like grains into a vessel; the vessel becomes a boat carrying the soul across a dark river of tamas toward a luminous city (Kāśī) crowned by a Śiva-liṅga silhouette.

Characters & Entities
D
Dharma
T
Tamas
K
Kāśī

FAQs

Dharma is spiritual capital: it enables the soul to pass beyond darkness and peril after death.

The discourse belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa, implying that dharma practiced in Kāśī becomes especially efficacious.

No specific rite is named; the prescription is to ‘accumulate dharma’ through sustained righteous living and worshipful conduct.

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