Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

गयायां यादृशी तृप्तिर्लभ्यते प्रपितामहैः । तीर्थे पादोदके काश्यां तादृशी लभ्यते ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

gayāyāṃ yādṛśī tṛptirlabhyate prapitāmahaiḥ | tīrthe pādodake kāśyāṃ tādṛśī labhyate dhruvam

Translation

گیا میں جس طرح پِتروں کو تسکین حاصل ہوتی ہے، کاشی کے پادودک تیرتھ میں بھی یقیناً ویسی ہی تسکین حاصل ہوتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• gayāyām: in Gayā
• gayāyām: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• yādṛśī: such as/whatever kind of
• yādṛśī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yādṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (fem, nom sg); विशेषण (relative-correlative)

• tṛptiḥ: satisfaction/contentment
• tṛptiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• labhyate: is obtained
• labhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense): "is obtained"

• prapitāmahaiḥ: by the great-grandfathers (ancestors)
• prapitāmahaiḥ: Karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prapitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (instrumental plural): "by the great-grandfathers"

• tīrthe: in the sacred place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• pāda-udake: in the foot-water
• pāda-udake: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: "पादस्य उदके"; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• kāśyām: in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• kāśyām: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• tādṛśī: of that same kind
• tādṛśī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (correlative)

• labhyate: is obtained
• labhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): "is obtained"

• dhruvam: certainly
• dhruvam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-विशेषण (adverbial accusative): "certainly/indeed"

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādodaka-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-scene concept: on one side Gayā with piṇḍa offerings; on the other Pādodaka in Kāśī mirroring the same ancestral satisfaction, with pitṛs receiving offerings equally.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Pādodaka-tīrtha
• Gayā
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is elevated as a supreme pilgrimage center where pitṛ rites yield results comparable to the most famed ancestral site, Gayā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pādodaka-tīrtha in Kāśī, explicitly compared to Gayā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The context implies pitṛ-rites (śrāddha/tarpaṇa) at Pādodaka as yielding assured ancestral satisfaction.