Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

वाचि चेतसि सर्वत्र यस्य देवो जनार्दनः । स एव सर्वदा वंद्यो नररूपी जनार्दनः

Transliteration

vāci cetasi sarvatra yasya devo janārdanaḥ | sa eva sarvadā vaṃdyo nararūpī janārdanaḥ

Translation

من كان الإله جناردانا حاضرًا لديه في كل موضع—في القول وفي القلب—فهو دائمًا جديرٌ بالتبجيل، لأن جناردانا نفسه يقيم فيه في صورة إنسان.

Word by Word

• वाचि: in speech
• वाचि: Adhikarana (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• चेतसि: in the mind
• चेतसि: Adhikarana (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place: everywhere)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• देवः: god
• देवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जनार्दनः: Janardana (Vishnu)
• जनार्दनः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; देवः इति समानाधिकरणम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (always)

• वन्द्यः: worthy of worship
• वन्द्यः: Predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सः)

• नररूपी: in human form
• नररूपी: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नर-रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समास: नरस्य रूपम् अस्य (having human form)

• जनार्दनः: Janardana
• जनार्दनः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वन्द्यः इति समानाधिकरणम्

Speaker

Nārada (continuing speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A saintly figure walking through Kāśī; wherever he looks, subtle forms of Janārdana appear in speech-scrolls and thought-lotus; townspeople bow, recognizing the divine within him.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Constant remembrance of the Lord in thought and speech makes a person worthy of reverence as a living seat of the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse emphasizes inner devotion consistent with Kāśī’s liberation-focused ethos.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice: continual smaraṇa and nāma in mind and speech; no formal external ritual is specified.