Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

अदत्तमौंजीदाना ये ये चादारपरिग्रहाः । तेभ्यो निर्वापितं पिंडमिह ह्यक्षयतां व्रजेत्

Transliteration

adattamauṃjīdānā ye ye cādāraparigrahāḥ | tebhyo nirvāpitaṃ piṃḍamiha hyakṣayatāṃ vrajet

Translation

แม้ผู้ที่ไม่เคยประกอบมุญชีทาน (การถวายสายรัดศักดิ์สิทธิ์) และผู้ที่ดำรงชีพด้วยการรับทานอันไม่สมควร เมื่อมีการถวายปิณฑะ ณ ที่นี้ ผลย่อมเป็นอักศยะไม่เสื่อมสูญ และบันดาลความอิ่มเอิบเกษมใจแก่เขาโดยไม่ขาดสาย

Word by Word

• अदत्त: not given
• अदत्त: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदत्त (कृदन्त; √दा दाने + नञ्/अ- उपसर्गभाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative plural; adjectival)

• मौञ्जी: the sacred girdle (muñja-cord)
• मौञ्जी: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौञ्जी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपदम् (Feminine, Accusative singular; prior member)

• दानाः: givers / donors
• दानाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (Masculine, Nominative plural; relative pronoun)

• ये: who (all those)
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति (Masculine, Nominative plural; repetition for emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• आदार: support/maintenance (taking)
• आदार: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासपूर्वपदम् (Masculine, Nominative plural; prior member)

• परिग्रहाः: acceptors/receivers (of maintenance)
• परिग्रहाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• तेभ्यः: to/for them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th)/चतुर्थी (4th), बहुवचन; अपादान/सम्प्रदान-प्रयोग (Masculine, Ablative/Dative plural)

• निर्वापितम्: offered/placed (as oblation)
• निर्वापितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्वापित (कृदन्त; नि:√वप्/√वा (निर्वापणे) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (Neuter, Nom/Acc singular; past passive participle)

• पिण्डम्: rice-ball (piṇḍa offering)
• पिण्डम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतुवाचक-निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• अक्षयताम्: imperishability (state of being inexhaustible)
• अक्षयताम्: Gati/Prayojana (गति/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षयता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; गत्यर्थे (Feminine, Accusative plural; goal)

• व्रजेत्: would go/attain
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Optative, 3rd singular, Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapiladhārikā (contextual cluster within Kāśī pitṛ-tīrthas)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a Kāśī tīrtha-bank offers rice-balls (piṇḍa) with kuśa grass and water-libations; subtle ancestral figures receive satisfaction; the city’s ghāṭs and temples glow in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Piṇḍa
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s tīrtha-power makes even imperfectly lived lives eligible for enduring benefit when piṇḍa is offered with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks generally of the local Kāśī-tīrtha context in Adhyāya 12, where multiple named tīrthas are being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering a piṇḍa (piṇḍa-dāna) as part of śrāddha/ancestral propitiation, yielding akṣaya (imperishable) fruit.