Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

ततः सारस्वतं तीर्थं सर्वविद्योपपादकम् । तिष्ठेयुः पितरस्तत्र सह देवर्षिमानवैः

Transliteration

tataḥ sārasvataṃ tīrthaṃ sarvavidyopapādakam | tiṣṭheyuḥ pitarastatra saha devarṣimānavaiḥ

Translation

继而有娑罗娑伐多圣渡（Sārasvata-tīrtha），能赐一切学艺之成就。彼处诸祖灵（Pitṛ）安住，与天圣仙（ṛṣi）及贤善之人同在。

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adverbial (sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• सारस्वतम्: Sarasvatī-related
• सारस्वतम्: Visheshana (of tīrtha)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तीर्थम्: a tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma/Topic
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वविद्योपपादकम्: bestowing/producing all knowledges
• सर्वविद्योपपादकम्: Visheshana (of tīrtha)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + उपपादक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वविद्यानाम् उपपादकम् = उत्पादक/प्रदायक) विशेषणम्

• तिष्ठेयुः: would stay/abide
• तिष्ठेयुः: Kriya (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पितरः: the Pitṛs (ancestors)
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपसर्गवत् (particle ‘together with’)

• देवर्षिमानवैः: with divine sages and humans
• देवर्षिमानवैः: Sahakari (accompaniment; with whom)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (देवर्षयः च मानवाः च)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sārasvata-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene tīrtha with white lotuses; translucent ancestral figures (Pitṛs) sit in calm rows, while devarṣis hover with vīṇā/akṣamālā; a student-devotee offers water and studies from a manuscript.

Characters & Entities

• Sārasvata-tīrtha
• Pitṛs
• Devarṣis
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True knowledge is sacred; certain places are revered as sources of learning and as meeting-grounds of visible and ancestral worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sārasvata-tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single act is mandated here; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s power to confer vidyā and its sanctity due to the presence of Pitṛs and seers.