Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तत्संन्निधौ गदातीर्थं विष्वगाधिनिबर्हणम् । तारणं च पितॄणां वै कारणं चैनसां क्षये

Transliteration

tatsaṃnnidhau gadātīrthaṃ viṣvagādhinibarhaṇam | tāraṇaṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ vai kāraṇaṃ cainasāṃ kṣaye

Translation

اس کے قریب گَدا تیرتھ ہے جو گہرائی میں جمی ہوئی آفتوں کو مٹا دیتا ہے؛ یہ واقعی پِتروں کی نجات کا سبب اور گناہوں کے زوال کا بھی ذریعہ ہے۔

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; (संनिधौ इति विशेषणम्)

• saṃnidhau: in the vicinity/presence
• saṃnidhau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃnidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• gadā-tīrtham: Gadā-tīrtha
• gadā-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gadā (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गदायाः तीर्थम्)

• viṣvag-ādhi-nibarhaṇam: remover of afflictions on all sides
• viṣvag-ādhi-nibarhaṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣvak/viṣvag (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + ādhi (प्रातिपदिक) + nibarhaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (विष्वगाधीनां निबर्हणम्)

• tāraṇam: deliverance, crossing over
• tāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• pitṝṇām: of the ancestors
• pitṝṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (indeed)

• kāraṇam: cause, means
• kāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• enasām: of sins
• enasām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: enas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• kṣaye: in the destruction (cessation)
• kṣaye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gadā-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mace (gadā) emblem by a small sacred pool near Cakra-tīrtha; devotee offers water; dark smoke-like ‘afflictions’ dissolve; pitṛs ascend on a light path, signifying deliverance.

Characters & Entities

• Gadā-tīrtha
• Cakra-tīrtha (implied by proximity)
• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A great tīrtha not only cleanses personal sin but also becomes a vehicle of upliftment for one’s ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gadā-tīrtha, situated near the previously mentioned tīrtha in the Kāśī region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

While not naming a single rite explicitly, it implies tīrtha-sevā such as snāna, tarpaṇa, and śrāddha aimed at pitṛ-tāraṇa and pāpa-kṣaya.