Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यदन्वये कोपि मुक्तः संप्राप्य मणिकर्णिकाम् । तद्वंश्यास्तत्प्रभावेण मान्याः स्वर्गौकसामपि

Transliteration

yadanvaye kopi muktaḥ saṃprāpya maṇikarṇikām | tadvaṃśyāstatprabhāveṇa mānyāḥ svargaukasāmapi

Translation

若在任何家族传承中，有一人抵达摩尼迦耳尼迦而得解脱（mokṣa），则凭此威力，其后裔亦成可敬之人，纵在天界众生之中亦受礼敬。

Word by Word

• यत्: in which/whose
• यत्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th case/Locative), एकवचन (Singular) — ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य ‘यद्’ रूपम्; (सन्ध्यन्तरित)

• अन्वये: lineage/family line
• अन्वये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th case/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कः: someone/anyone
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (interrogative/indefinite), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: even/any
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-प्रयोगे अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite particle: even/any)

• मुक्तः: liberated/freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘released/liberated’

• सम्प्राप्य: having reached/attained
• सम्प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्/त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive), ‘having attained’

• मणिकर्णिकाम्: Maṇikarṇikā
• मणिकर्णिकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिकर्णिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तद्वंश्याः: his descendants
• तद्वंश्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + वंश्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: तस्य वंश्याः); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन (Singular) — (सन्ध्यन्तरित)

• प्रभावेण: by the power/effect
• प्रभावेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• मान्याः: honourable/respected
• मान्याः: Visheshya (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्वर्गौकसाम्: of the dwellers of heaven (gods)
• स्वर्गौकसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: स्वर्गे ओकः येषाम्); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (even/also)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee arriving at Maṇikarṇikā with folded hands; behind him, a subtle ancestral line (forebears and descendants) shown receiving honor in celestial realms, indicating lineage uplift through one person’s liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇikarṇikā
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation attained through a supreme tīrtha radiates benefit beyond the individual, ennobling the entire lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse highlights the trans-generational spiritual prestige linked to mokṣa at Maṇikarṇikā.