Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

ततोमात्यान्समाहूय क्रमायातांश्चिरंतनान् । नवीनान्परिनिर्वास्य पौरांश्चापि समाह्वयत्

Transliteration

tatomātyānsamāhūya kramāyātāṃściraṃtanān | navīnānparinirvāsya paurāṃścāpi samāhvayat

Translation

ثم استدعى وزراءه، أولئك القدماء الذين أثبتهم الزمان. وصرف المعيَّنين حديثاً، ودعا أيضاً أهل المدينة للاجتماع.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तदनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• amātyān: ministers
• amātyān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amātya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), बहुवचन

• samāhūya: having summoned
• samāhūya: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-hū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘समाह्वयित्वा’

• krama: in order
• krama: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial use): क्रमशः (in order/one by one)

• āyatān: arrived
• āyatān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-yā (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘आगत’ (arrived)

• cirantanān: old/long-standing
• cirantanān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cirantana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘पुरातन’ (old/long-standing)

• navīnān: the new ones
• navīnān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: navīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘नवीनजनान्’ (the new ones)

• parinirvāsya: having expelled
• parinirvāsya: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-nir-vas (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘परिनिर्वास्य’ = परिनिर्वास्य/निर्वास्य (having banished/expelled)

• paurān: citizens
• paurān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; नगरवासिनः (citizens)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च (and)

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

• samāhvayat: he summoned/called
• samāhvayat: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-hvā (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (narration context: Kāśīkhaṇḍa, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king in council hall summons aged, time-tested ministers; newly appointed officials are dismissed; citizens gather in an orderly assembly—an atmosphere of sober transition.

Characters & Entities

• Durdama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual change must express itself as public virtue—ethical governance, accountability, and consultation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Kāśī’s Dharmic power, which catalyzes the king’s reforms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concerns administrative dharma (rājadharma).