Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वैतत्पुण्यमाख्यानं शुभं लोलोत्तरार्कयोः । व्याधिभिर्नाभिभूयेत न दारिद्र्येण बाध्यते

Transliteration

śrutvaitatpuṇyamākhyānaṃ śubhaṃ lolottarārkayoḥ | vyādhibhirnābhibhūyeta na dāridryeṇa bādhyate

Translation

مَن سمعَ هذا الخبرَ المباركَ المفعمَ بالثواب عن لولاركا وأوتّاراركا لا تغلبهُ الأمراضُ ولا تُصيبهُ آفةُ الفقر.

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुण्यम्: meritorious, holy
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (ākhyānam इत्यस्य)

• आख्यानम्: narrative, account
• आख्यानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• लोलोत्तरार्कयोः: of Lolārka and Uttarārka
• लोलोत्तरार्कयोः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोलार्क + उत्तरार्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन (Dual)

• व्याधिभिः: by diseases
• व्याधिभिः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अभिभूयेत: would be overcome
• अभिभूयेत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद/परस्मैपद-प्रयोगः (पाठभेदानुसार)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• दारिद्र्येण: by poverty
• दारिद्र्येण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• बाध्यते: is afflicted
• बाध्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

Speaker

Contextual attribution: Skanda (continuing the discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lolārka and Uttarārka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A listener hears the auspicious account of Lolārka and Uttarārka; symbolic imagery of ailments and poverty dissolving—darkness lifting into sunlight over Kāśī ghats.

Characters & Entities

• Lolārka
• Uttarārka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred listening to tīrtha-glories purifies the mind and is promised to yield protection from suffering and want.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lolārka and Uttarārka tīrthas within Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) of the māhātmya is itself presented as the efficacious practice.