Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तत्र श्राद्धं नरः कृत्वा दत्त्वा चैव तिलोदकम् । सप्तसप्त तथा सप्त स्ववंश्यांस्तारयिष्यति

Transliteration

tatra śrāddhaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā dattvā caiva tilodakam | saptasapta tathā sapta svavaṃśyāṃstārayiṣyati

Translation

جو شخص وہاں شرادھ کرے اور تل ملا پانی نذر کرے، وہ اپنے ہی خاندان کو—سات گنا سات، اور پھر مزید سات—نسلوں تک تار دے گا۔

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय: "there"

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): "having done"

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): "having given"

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction): "and"

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle): "indeed/just"

• tila-udakam: water with sesame
• tila-udakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: "तिलयुक्तम् उदकम्"; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• sapta-sapta: seven (groups of) seven
• sapta-sapta: Karma (Quantifier/परिमाण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-द्वन्द्व/पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (distributive): "seven and seven"; अव्ययवत् गणनार्थम्

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय: "thus/likewise"

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Karma (Quantifier/परिमाण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), अव्ययवत् गणनार्थम्

• sva-vaṃśyān: his own lineage-members/descendants
• sva-vaṃśyān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + vaṃśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: "स्वस्य वंश्याः"; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (accusative plural)

• tārayiṣyati: will deliver/save
• tārayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṝ (धातु) + ṇic (णिच् causative)
• Form: णिजन्त-धातु (causative) "तारयति"; लृट्-लकार (future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādodaka-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder performs śrāddha on the ghat: darbha seat, piṇḍa and water-pot; sesame is poured into the water as tilodaka; subtle presence of satisfied pitṛs in the air.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Pādodaka-tīrtha
• Śrāddha
• Tilodaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s tīrthas are presented as exceptionally effective for pitṛ-kārya—acts done for ancestors ripple through one’s lineage as protection and uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pādodaka-tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha and offering tilodaka (sesame-water) at the tīrtha.