Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

धनधान्यसुतर्द्धीस्ते लब्ध्वा भोगान्मनोरमान् । भुक्त्वेह परमानंदं परं मोक्षमवाप्नुयुः

Transliteration

dhanadhānyasutarddhīste labdhvā bhogānmanoramān | bhuktveha paramānaṃdaṃ paraṃ mokṣamavāpnuyuḥ

Translation

เขาย่อมได้ทรัพย์ ข้าวธัญญาหาร บุตร และความรุ่งเรือง ครั้นเสวยสุขอันรื่นรมย์ในโลกนี้แล้ว ย่อมบรรลุปรมานันทะ และในที่สุดได้ถึงโมกษะอันสูงสุด

Word by Word

• धनधान्यसुतर्द्धीः: wealth, grain, sons, and prosperities
• धनधान्यसुतर्द्धीः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन + धान्य + सुत + ऋद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (धनं च धान्यं च सुताश्च ऋद्धयश्च)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: लभ् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय; पूर्वकालिक क्रियाविशेषण

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मनोरमान्: delightful
• मनोरमान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (भोगान्)

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भुज् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय; पूर्वकालिक क्रियाविशेषण

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/अवधिवाचक (here, in this world)

• परमानन्दम्: supreme bliss
• परमानन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमः आनन्दः)

• परम्: highest
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मोक्षम्)

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयुः: would attain
• अवाप्नुयुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prayāga (Tapas-tīrtha regimen with Mādhava–Prayāgeśa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/householders seeking both welfare and liberation

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrative sequence: devotees worship at Prayāga, then shown with abundant grain, children, and prosperity; finally, a serene ascent into luminous ‘paramānanda’ symbolizing mokṣa—light beyond the river horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Mokṣa
• Paramānanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic tīrtha-dharma promises both worldly well-being and ultimate liberation when pursued with devotion and right practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse concludes the merit of the Prayāga-centered observance described in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription is added; it states the results (phala) of the prior bathing and worship regimen.