Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

जातिस्मृतिप्रभावेण तत्संगेन तु निर्गताः । तैश्च कार्पटिकश्रेष्ठेः पथि दृष्ट्वा कृपालुभिः

Transliteration

jātismṛtiprabhāveṇa tatsaṃgena tu nirgatāḥ | taiśca kārpaṭikaśreṣṭheḥ pathi dṛṣṭvā kṛpālubhiḥ

Translation

پچھلے جنموں کی یاد کی قوت سے اور اس سنگت کے سبب وہ باہر نکل آئے؛ اور رحم دل مرغوں نے راہ میں کارپٹکِ برتر کو دیکھ کر مہربانی سے جواب دیا۔

Word by Word

• जाति-स्मृति-प्रभावेण: by the power of recollection of former birth
• जाति-स्मृति-प्रभावेण: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (जातिस्मृतेः प्रभावः)

• तत्-सङ्गेन: by that association/contact
• तत्-सङ्गेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तस्य सङ्गः)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; विरोध/अन्वय)

• निर्गताः: went out, departed
• निर्गताः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-√गम् (धातु) → निर्गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) प्रयुक्तं क्रियापदवत्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• कार्पटिक-श्रेष्ठेः: of the best kārpaṭika
• कार्पटिक-श्रेष्ठेः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्पटिक (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कार्पटिकानां श्रेष्ठः)

• पथि: on the road
• पथि: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• कृपालुभिः: by the compassionate ones
• कृपालुभिः: Karta (Agent as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपालु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (तैः इत्यस्य)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four roosters emerge from nearby, eyes bright with recognition; the foremost kārpaṭika pauses; an invisible thread of past-life memory is suggested through light or symbolic motifs; compassion softens the scene.

Characters & Entities

• kārpaṭika (ascetic)
• jātismṛti (past-life memory)
• kukkuṭa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic impressions can awaken as jātismṛti; holy association (saṅga) transforms conduct into compassion and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Kāśī-kṣetra is the sanctifying context, leading to the Muktimaṇḍapa/Kukkuṭamaṇḍapa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the emphasis is on saṅga (association with the holy) and its transformative power.