Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

पुण्यस्तत्रापि संभेदः सरितोरसि गंगयोः । ततोऽपि च हयग्रीवं तीर्थं चैवाति पुण्यदम्

Transliteration

puṇyastatrāpi saṃbhedaḥ saritorasi gaṃgayoḥ | tato'pi ca hayagrīvaṃ tīrthaṃ caivāti puṇyadam

Translation

即便在彼处，河流广阔水域中的汇合之地——恒河之汇——亦尤为具功德。然而更胜于此者，是海格利瓦圣渡（Hayagrīva Tīrtha），赐予更为无上的福德。

Word by Word

• पुण्यः: holy/meritorious
• पुण्यः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात (also/even)

• संभेदः: confluence/meeting
• संभेदः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सरितोः: of the two rivers
• सरितोः: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन (Dual)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• गंगयोः: of the two Gaṅgās (two streams)
• गंगयोः: Sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• ततः: from that/than that
• ततः: Apadana/Source (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादानार्थक/तस्मात्-अर्थे (from that/thereafter)

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• हयग्रीवम्: Hayagrīva (name)
• हयग्रीवम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (हयस्य ग्रीवा यस्य/हयग्रीवः) नाम

• तीर्थम्: pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक

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

• अति: very/exceedingly
• अति: Sambandha/Intensifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अतिशयार्थक (intensifier)

• पुण्यदम्: bestowing merit
• पुण्यदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + द (धातु/कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘पुण्यं ददाति’ इति उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कृदन्त-विशेषण

Speaker

Śiva (as Liṅga)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hayagrīva Tīrtha (within Kāśī region)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A confluence zone on the Gaṅgā with swirling currents; pilgrims perform snāna and offer arghya; a sign or shrine indicates ‘Hayagrīva Tīrtha’ as a more potent spot beyond the sangam.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Confluence (Saṅgama/Saṃbheda)
• Hayagrīva
• Hayagrīva Tīrtha
• Vārāṇasī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred geography ranks holy spots, teaching that certain confluences and tīrthas intensify the fruit of pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hayagrīva Tīrtha in Kāśī is singled out as exceptionally merit-bestowing, beyond even a sacred confluence in the Gaṅgā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies tīrtha-sevā (pilgrimage/bathing/visitation) by praising the puṇya of confluence and the Hayagrīva Tīrtha.