Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

यथा परिणतं सस्यं पतेत्प्रसवबंधनात् । ते परीणतपाप्मानः पतिष्यंति तथा स्वयम्

Transliteration

yathā pariṇataṃ sasyaṃ patetprasavabaṃdhanāt | te parīṇatapāpmānaḥ patiṣyaṃti tathā svayam

Translation

جس طرح پکا ہوا اناج بالی کے بندھن سے خود جھڑ جاتا ہے، اسی طرح جن کے گناہ پک کر انجام کو پہنچ چکے ہوں وہ بھی خود بخود گر پڑتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Discourse (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative/relative adverb)

• परिणतम्: ripened
• परिणतम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-णम् (धातु) → परिणत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• सस्यम्: the crop/grain
• सस्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पतेत्: would fall
• पतेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसवबंधनात्: from the bond of the stalk/fruiting tie
• प्रसवबंधनात्: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसव (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—प्रसवस्य बन्धनम् (तत्पुरुष)

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

• परीणतपाप्मानः: those whose sin has ripened
• परीणतपाप्मानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-णम् (धातु) → परीणत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—परीणतः पाप्मा येषाम्/परीणतं पाप्मानम् (तत्पुरुष), ‘पापेन परिपक्वाः’

• पतिष्यन्ति: will fall
• पतिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तथा: so/in the same way
• तथा: Discourse (Manner marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• स्वयम्: by themselves
• स्वयम्: Discourse (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आत्मवाचक (reflexive adverb)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: ripe grain heads bending and releasing kernels, juxtaposed with a proud sinner whose aura dims as karmic fruit drops away; Kāśī’s riverfront stands beyond as refuge.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma ripens inevitably; when wrongdoing matures, downfall occurs naturally without needing external compulsion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; it functions as a karmic teaching within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an illustrative analogy explaining karmic consequence.