Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

श्रीकंठस्य च ये भक्ताः श्रीकंठा एव ते नराः । नेह श्रिया वियुज्यंते न परत्र कदाचन

Transliteration

śrīkaṃṭhasya ca ye bhaktāḥ śrīkaṃṭhā eva te narāḥ | neha śriyā viyujyaṃte na paratra kadācana

Translation

إنّ مَن كان من عبّاد شريكانثا فهم أنفسهم «شريكانثا» مباركون مثله. لا يفارقهم الرخاء قطّ، لا في هذه الدنيا ولا في الآخرة.

Word by Word

• श्रीकण्ठस्य: of Śrīkaṇṭha
• श्रीकण्ठस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• भक्ताः: devotees
• भक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• श्रीकण्ठाः: Śrīkaṇṭhas (of Śrīkaṇṭha’s nature)
• श्रीकण्ठाः: Karta (Predicate nominative/प्रथमा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय-प्रथमा (predicate nominative)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• नराः: men; persons
• नराः: Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• श्रिया: with prosperity/fortune
• श्रिया: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वियुज्यन्ते: are deprived; are separated
• वियुज्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-युज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे—‘are separated’

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• परत्र: hereafter; in the other world
• परत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (elsewhere/thereafter)

• कदाचन: ever; at any time
• कदाचन: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (at any time)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīkaṇṭha (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees before Śrīkaṇṭha-liṅga receiving ‘śrī’ as a radiant aura; symbolic doubling where devotees mirror Śiva’s auspicious marks (calm face, sacred ash), indicating ‘they become Śrīkaṇṭhas’.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkaṇṭha (Śiva)
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion to Śiva (Śrīkaṇṭha) is portrayed as both worldly auspiciousness and otherworldly security.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrīkaṇṭha (the Liṅga/shrine described in the preceding verse) within Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti (devotion) is the key practice emphasized; no specific external ritual is stated here.