Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

अस्य तीर्थस्य नामानि यानि दिव्य पितामहाः । तान्यहं कथयिष्यामि भवतां तृप्तिदान्यलम्

Transliteration

asya tīrthasya nāmāni yāni divya pitāmahāḥ | tānyahaṃ kathayiṣyāmi bhavatāṃ tṛptidānyalam

Translation

اے الٰہی پِتامہاؤں! اس تیرتھ کے جو نام ہیں، میں اب وہ تمہیں سناؤں گا؛ ان کا سماعت کرنا ہی تمہیں تسکین اور روحانی اطمینان دینے کے لیے کافی ہے۔

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्बन्धः (refers to neuter ‘tīrtha’)

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Anuyogi (Relative pronoun linked to ‘nāmāni’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective) of ‘pitāmahāḥ’

• पितामहाः: forefathers/ancestors
• पितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तानि: those (names)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथयिष्यामि: I will narrate/tell
• कथयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathaya (कथय्-धातु, णिजन्त causative of √kath/कथ्)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• भवताम्: for you (honored ones)
• भवताम्: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine; honorific), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तृप्तिदानि: satisfaction-giving
• तृप्तिदानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛpti-dā (तृप्ति + दा; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘तृप्तिं ददाति’ इति (that which gives satisfaction)

• अलम्: enough; sufficiently
• अलम्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: alam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), पर्याप्त्यर्थक-निपात (particle meaning ‘enough/sufficient’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator in Kāśī begins enumerating the divine names of a sacred tank/ford; Brahmā’s authority is invoked; listeners sit on a ghat with water-lilies and temple spires in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha(s)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent hearing and remembrance of a tīrtha’s sacred names itself becomes a dharmic act that bestows inner fulfilment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Pitṛ-oriented tīrtha in Kāśī whose names are about to be listed in the following verses (context: Sūrya–Indu-saṅgama).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the merit of hearing/reciting the tīrtha-nāmas.