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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अग्निहोत्रैर्न तच्छ्रेयो नाग्निष्टोमादिभिर्मखैः । यच्छ्रेयः प्राप्यते मर्त्यैर्द्विजे चैके प्रतिष्ठिते

Transliteration

agnihotrairna tacchreyo nāgniṣṭomādibhirmakhaiḥ | yacchreyaḥ prāpyate martyairdvije caike pratiṣṭhite

Translation

وہی شریہ نہ اگنی ہوترا کے کرموں سے ملتا ہے، نہ اگنِشٹوم وغیرہ یَجْیوں سے؛ کیونکہ مرتیہ لوک میں ایک ہی دْوِج کو قائم کر کے اس کی پرتیِشٹھا و پرورش کرنے سے جو پُنّیہ ملتا ہے، وہ اس سے بھی بڑھ کر ہے۔

Word by Word
agnihotraiḥby Agnihotra rites
agnihotraiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootagnihotra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन
nanot
na:
Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
tatthat
tat:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘श्रेयः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणवत् (that)
śreyaḥmerit/supreme good
śreyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
nanor/not
na:
Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
agniṣṭoma-ādibhiḥby sacrifices such as Agniṣṭoma
agniṣṭoma-ādibhiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootagniṣṭoma (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अग्निष्टोमः आदिः येषां ते)
makhaiḥby sacrificial rites
makhaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmakha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन
yatwhich (merit)
yat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचकं—‘यत् … प्राप्यते’
śreyaḥmerit/supreme good
śreyaḥ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन
prāpyateis obtained
prāpyate:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√āp (प्र + आप् धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)
martyaiḥby mortals
martyaiḥ:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmartya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/कर्ता-करण), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृ-तृतीया (agent in passive)
dvijein/with a brāhmaṇa (twice-born)
dvije:
Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
ekein one (single)
eke:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘dvije’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (in a single/one)
pratiṣṭhitewhen established/when (the gift) is placed
pratiṣṭhite:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprati-√sthā (प्रति + स्था धातु) + kta (कृत्प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contrast tableau: on one side elaborate Vedic sacrifice with altars; on the other, a patron establishing a learned dvija with books, food, and shelter—radiance stronger on the latter, signaling superior śreyas.

Characters & Entities
K
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

Practical dharma—uplifting and firmly supporting a worthy dvija—can yield merit surpassing elaborate Vedic sacrifices.

The teaching is embedded in the Kāśī Māhātmya narrative framework, where dharmic support and charity are especially celebrated.

A value hierarchy is stated: supporting/establishing a dvija is praised as yielding greater śreyas than Agnihotra or Agniṣṭoma sacrifices.

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