Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

प्रतिग्रहादुपावृत्तः संतुष्टो येनकेनचित् । अहंकार विमुक्तश्च स तीर्थफलमश्नुते

Transliteration

pratigrahādupāvṛttaḥ saṃtuṣṭo yenakenacit | ahaṃkāra vimuktaśca sa tīrthaphalamaśnute

Translation

Người tránh việc nhận tặng phẩm, bằng lòng với bất cứ điều gì đến, và lìa ngã mạn—người ấy thọ hưởng quả thật của các tīrtha.

Word by Word

• प्रतिग्रहात्: from accepting gifts
• प्रतिग्रहात्: Apadana (Source/Separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• उपावृत्तः: withdrawn; refraining
• उपावृत्तः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-आ-√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘turned away/withdrawn’

• संतुष्टः: content
• संतुष्टः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√तुष् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘content’

• येन: with whatever
• येन: Karana (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘by whatever/with whatever’

• केनचित्: by something; by any (means)
• केनचित्: Karana (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• अहंकार: egoism
• अहंकार: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहं + कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अहमिति कारः) ‘ego-sense’

• विमुक्तः: freed (from)
• विमुक्तः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘freed’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• तीर्थफलम्: the fruit of pilgrimage
• तीर्थफलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘तीर्थस्य फलम्’

• अश्नुते: attains; enjoys
• अश्नुते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tīrtha-phala through aparigraha-santoṣa-nirahaṅkāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble ascetic-pilgrim declines gifts, sits content with a simple bowl, ego depicted as a broken crown at his feet; the tīrtha’s light reflects in his calm eyes.

Characters & Entities

• Pratigraha (accepting gifts)
• Tīrtha-phala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bears its highest fruit for the humble and unattached—content, non-grasping, and free of ego.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site; the verse highlights inner virtues that unlock the merit of any tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ethical discipline is prescribed: refraining from pratigraha, practicing contentment, and abandoning ahaṃkāra.