Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

अस्माकं मंदभाग्यत्वाद्यदि नैव करिष्यति । तदातत्तीर्थ संस्पर्शादस्मत्तृप्तिर्भविष्यति

Transliteration

asmākaṃ maṃdabhāgyatvādyadi naiva kariṣyati | tadātattīrtha saṃsparśādasmattṛptirbhaviṣyati

Translation

‘但若因我们福薄，他并未行此供养，那么仅凭他触及那圣地（tīrtha），我们的满足亦将成就。’

Word by Word

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive: of us)

• मंदभाग्यत्वात्: due to (our) ill-fortune
• मंदभाग्यत्वात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्द-भाग्य-त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादान (ablative of cause: due to)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तबोधक (conditional: if)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: indeed/just)

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् लकार; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Determiner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद-निर्देशक (that)

• तीर्थ: sacred ford/place
• तीर्थ: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (in compound with ‘संस्पर्शात्’)

• संस्पर्शात्: from the touch/contact
• संस्पर्शात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + स्पृश् (धातु) → संस्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादान (from/by the contact)

• अस्मत्: our
• अस्मत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-सम्बन्धार्थे समासपूर्वपद (our); ‘तृप्तिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ (of ‘भविष्यति’)

• भविष्यति: will occur/be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् लकार; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; reporting the ancestors’ words within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candroda-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ancestral figures speak with a tender, resigned tone about their ‘ill fortune’; a pilgrim, perhaps unable to perform full rites, simply touches the pond’s water, and a wave of light reaches the pitṛs.

Characters & Entities

• Candroda-tīrtha
• pitṛs (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely sanctified tīrtha can confer benefit by contact alone, revealing the compassionate potency of sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candroda-tīrtha in Kāśī (the tīrtha being discussed).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Even if tarpaṇa is not performed, touching/visiting the tīrtha is said to bring ancestral satisfaction—though the ideal remains to do the rites.