Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

भोगः परिजनैः सार्धं दानावंध्यदिनागमः । विद्याव्यसनिता नित्यं नित्यं पित्रोरुपस्थितिः

Transliteration

bhogaḥ parijanaiḥ sārdhaṃ dānāvaṃdhyadināgamaḥ | vidyāvyasanitā nityaṃ nityaṃ pitrorupasthitiḥ

Translation

اہلِ خانہ اور رفقا کے ساتھ شریک ہو کر حلال لذت؛ ایسے دن جو خیرات کے بغیر نہ گزریں؛ علم میں دائمی شغف؛ اور والدین کی مسلسل خدمت و حاضری—یہی گِرہستھ کے دھارمک کمالات کہلاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• भोगः: enjoyment, pleasure
• भोगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• परिजनैः: with attendants/relatives
• परिजनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (indeclinable meaning 'together with')

• दान: gift, charity
• दान: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (as first member in compound)

• अवन्ध्य: unfailing, not fruitless
• अवन्ध्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवन्ध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (as member in compound); नञ्-प्रत्ययार्थ (not fruitless)

• दिन: day
• दिन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (as member in compound)

• आगमः: arrival (of days)
• आगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः: दान-अवन्ध्य-दिन-आगमः (arrival of days that make gifts unfailing)

• विद्या: knowledge, learning
• विद्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (as member in compound)

• व्यसनिता: devotion/addiction
• व्यसनिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसनिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः: विद्या-व्यसनिता (addiction/devotion to learning)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• पित्रोः: of (one’s) parents
• पित्रोः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), द्विवचन

• उपस्थितिः: attendance, service
• उपस्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general dharma within the kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kāśī householder offers food and coins to a mendicant at the doorway, then sits with family for a shared meal; in the background, an elder couple is respectfully attended, and a palm-leaf manuscript rests on a low desk.

Characters & Entities

• Parents (pitṛ)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A fulfilled dharmic life balances family joy with daily charity, lifelong learning, and devoted service to parents.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is situated in Kāśī-khaṇḍa but does not name a particular tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular dāna (charity) is implicitly prescribed as a daily discipline.