Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

सहस्रभोजनाद्यैश्च यतीन्विप्रान्प्रतर्प्य च । महापूजोपचारैश्च लिंगान्यभ्यर्च्य भक्तितः

Transliteration

sahasrabhojanādyaiśca yatīnviprānpratarpya ca | mahāpūjopacāraiśca liṃgānyabhyarcya bhaktitaḥ

Translation

ہزارہا کھانوں اور دیگر نذرانوں سے اُس نے یتیوں اور برہمنوں کو سیر کیا؛ اور عظیم پوجا کے آداب کے ساتھ بھکتی سے لِنگوں کی ارچنا کی۔

Word by Word

• सहस्रभोजनाद्यैः: with thousand-feasts and the like
• सहस्रभोजनाद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र-भोजन-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सहस्रभोजनानि आदयः येषु तैः)

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

• यतीन्: ascetics
• यतीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• विप्रान्: brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• प्रतर्प्य: having satisfied (fed)
• प्रतर्प्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु) + प्रति (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); धातुः—तृप् (तर्पणे) + प्रति; अर्थः—‘तर्पयित्वा/सन्तोष्य’

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

• महापूजोपचारैः: with great worship-offerings/attendances
• महापूजोपचारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-पूजा-उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (महापूजायाः उपचाराः)

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

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas (Śiva-emblems)
• लिङ्गानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) + अभि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); धातुः—अर्च् (पूजायाम्) + अभि; अर्थः—‘अभ्यर्चयित्वा/पूजयित्वा’

• भक्तितः: with devotion / devoutly
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान-अर्थे), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थः—‘भक्त्या/भक्तिपूर्वकं’ (ablative of cause/manner)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers abundant food to seated yatis and brāhmaṇas, then proceeds to a row of ancient liṅga-shrines, performing grand upacāras with lamps, incense, flowers, and water from the Gaṅgā.

Characters & Entities

• Yati (ascetics)
• Vipra (brāhmaṇas)
• Śiva-liṅgas of Kāśī
• Dāna / Bhojana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī-dharma unites devotion (liṅga-pūjā) with compassion and generosity (feeding and honoring holy persons).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī as a whole—especially its liṅga-shrines—presented as the ideal field for dāna and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feeding/satisfying yatīs and vipras (bhojana-dāna) and performing elaborate liṅga-pūjā (mahā-upacāra).