Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

हंसतीर्थात्परिप्राप्ता अयुतं त्रिशतोत्तरम् । शतदुर्वाससस्तीर्थादेकादश शताधिकम्

Transliteration

haṃsatīrthātpariprāptā ayutaṃ triśatottaram | śatadurvāsasastīrthādekādaśa śatādhikam

Translation

จากหังสตีรถะ มีผู้มาถึงหนึ่งหมื่นสามร้อย; และจากตีรถะแห่งศตะ-ทุรวาสัส มีผู้มามากกว่าหนึ่งพันหนึ่งร้อย

Word by Word

• हंस-तीर्थात्: from Haṃsatīrtha
• हंस-तीर्थात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हंसस्य तीर्थम्)

• परि-प्राप्ताः: having arrived
• परि-प्राप्ताः: Karta (Implied subject: they, the द्विजाः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अयुतम्: ten thousand
• अयुतम्: Karma (Measure/number as object of implication)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• त्रि-शत-उत्तरम्: plus three hundred (i.e., exceeding by 300)
• त्रि-शत-उत्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of अयुतम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + शत + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (त्रिशतेन उत्तरम् = exceeding by 300)

• शत-दुर्वाससः-तीर्थात्: from Śatadurvāsas-tīrtha
• शत-दुर्वाससः-तीर्थात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + दुर्वासस् + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (दुर्वाससः तीर्थम्; शत- इति नामविशेष/विशेषण-पूर्वपद)

• एकादश: eleven
• एकादश: Visheshana (Numerical qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; (here) नपुंसकलिङ्ग-द्वितीया-एकवचनार्थे शताधिकम्-विशेषणम्

• शत-अधिकम्: plus one hundred (exceeding by 100)
• शत-अधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of implied number)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत + अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शतेन अधिकम् = exceeding by 100)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Haṃsatīrtha; Śata-Durvāsas-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two streams of pilgrims: one from Haṃsatīrtha (large, orderly), another from Śata-Durvāsas-tīrtha (smaller but intense), converging like tributaries toward Kāśī; symbols of haṃsa (swan) and ascetic fire subtly appear.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Śiva
• Haṃsatīrtha
• Śata-Durvāsas Tīrtha
• Durvāsas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s greatness is shown by the vast influx of pilgrims from multiple famed tīrthas, all converging toward Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Haṃsatīrtha and Śata-Durvāsas tīrtha are named as notable sources of pilgrims in the Kāśī pilgrimage network.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse functions as a tīrtha-catalog and pilgrimage census.