Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

ये दिव्यलोके पितरः पुण्यैर्देवत्वमागताः । ते ब्रह्मलोके गच्छंति तृप्तास्तीर्थे वृषध्वजे

Transliteration

ye divyaloke pitaraḥ puṇyairdevatvamāgatāḥ | te brahmaloke gacchaṃti tṛptāstīrthe vṛṣadhvaje

Translation

ดวงวิญญาณบรรพชน (ปิตฤ) ผู้ได้บรรลุฐานะเทวะในโลกสวรรค์ด้วยบุญกุศล ครั้นอิ่มเอิบพอใจ ณ ทิรถะศักดิ์สิทธิ์นามว่า “วฤษภธวชะ” แล้ว ย่อมมุ่งไปสู่พรหมโลก

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• दिव्यलोके: in the divine world
• दिव्यलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘दिव्यः लोकः’ इति कर्मधारय

• पितरः: the Pitṛs (ancestors)
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पुण्यैः: by merits
• पुण्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• देवत्वम्: divinity, godhood
• देवत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आगताः: having attained
• आगताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘आगत’ = having attained/come

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• ब्रह्मलोके: to/in Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘ब्रह्मणः लोकः’)

• गच्छन्ति: go
• गच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• तृप्ताः: satisfied
• तृप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘ते’)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वृषध्वजे: at (the place of) Vṛṣadhvaja
• वृषध्वजे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष-ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘वृषस्य ध्वजः’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛṣadhvaja-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pitṛs / Pitāmahas (Forefathers) and, by extension, the audience of the Kāśī-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred ford on the Gaṅgā in Kāśī where a devotee offers tarpaṇa; luminous pitṛs receive satisfaction and ascend toward a radiant Brahmaloka, with a divine emblem of Vṛṣadhvaja presiding.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Brahmaloka
• Vṛṣadhvaja Tīrtha
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Satisfying the ancestors at a powerful Kāśī tīrtha elevates their onward spiritual journey, showing the dharmic importance of pitṛ-sevā and tarpaṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vṛṣadhvaja Tīrtha, a sacred ford associated with the ‘Bull-bannered’ Lord (Śiva) within the Kāśī sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit procedure is stated here, but the verse implies pitṛ-tarpaṇa/offerings that ‘satisfy’ the pitṛs at the tīrtha.