Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

तदग्रे शेषतीर्थं च शेषमाधवसन्निधौ । तर्पितानां पितॄणां च यत्र तृप्तिर्न शिष्यते

Transliteration

tadagre śeṣatīrthaṃ ca śeṣamādhavasannidhau | tarpitānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca yatra tṛptirna śiṣyate

Translation

Sa unahan niyon ay ang Śeṣa-tīrtha, malapit sa Śeṣa-Mādhava. Doon, kapag inialay ang tarpaṇa sa mga Pitṛ (mga ninuno), ang kanilang kasiyahan ay hindi nababawasan, kundi nananatiling ganap.

Word by Word

• तदग्रे: in front of that
• तदग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; सप्तमी-अर्थे अव्यय; ‘in front of that’

• शेषतीर्थम्: Śeṣa-tīrtha
• शेषतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; proper name of a tīrtha

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शेषमाधवसन्निधौ: near Śeṣa-Mādhava
• शेषमाधवसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेषमाधव + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7), एकवचन; locative; ‘in the vicinity of Śeṣa-Mādhava’

• तर्पितानाम्: of the satisfied/propitiated
• तर्पितानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तर्प् (धातु) → तर्पित (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त/PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6), बहुवचन; genitive plural; adjective to ‘पितॄणाम्’

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6), बहुवचन; genitive plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; nominative singular

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation marker/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• शिष्यते: remains; is left
• शिष्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शिष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘remains/ is left’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śeṣa-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands at a small tīrtha edge near a Śeṣa-Mādhava shrine, offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; subtle presence of Śeṣa as a many-hooded serpent canopy motif; ancestors depicted as serene, receiving water-streams that glow and remain full.

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa-tīrtha
• Śeṣa-Mādhava
• Pitṛs
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rites for ancestors gain exceptional potency in Kāśī; tarpaṇa performed at the right tīrtha yields lasting fulfillment to the Pitṛs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śeṣa-tīrtha, situated near the shrine of Śeṣa-Mādhava in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpaṇa—water offerings to the Pitṛs (ancestors), implying śrāddha-related practice.