Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

व्यासेश्वरस्य ये भक्ता न तेषां कलिकालतः । न पापतो भयं क्वापि न च क्षेत्रोपसर्गतः

Transliteration

vyāseśvarasya ye bhaktā na teṣāṃ kalikālataḥ | na pāpato bhayaṃ kvāpi na ca kṣetropasargataḥ

Translation

مَن كان من عُبّاد فياسِشْوَرا فلا خوفَ عليه من عصر كالي؛ ولا يخافُ من الإثم في أيّ موضع، ولا من النوازل المتعلّقة بالحَرَم المقدّس.

Word by Word

• व्यासेश्वरस्य: of Vyāseśvara
• व्यासेश्वरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (व्यासस्य ईश्वरः)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• भक्ताः: devotees
• भक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भज् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used as noun: devotee), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• तेषाम्: for them/of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• कलिकालतः: from the time of Kali (Kali age)
• कलिकालतः: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कलियुगस्य कालः)

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

• पापतः: from sin
• पापतः: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• क्वापि: anywhere
• क्वापि: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite locative adverb: anywhere)

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

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

• क्षेत्रोपसर्गतः: from troubles related to the kṣetra
• क्षेत्रोपसर्गतः: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उपसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (क्षेत्रस्य उपसर्गः = trouble/affliction connected with the sacred place)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vyāseśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees of Vyāseśvara stand fearless as symbolic shadows of Kali (discord, disease, temptation) recede; the liṅga radiates a protective aura over the Kāśī precincts.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāseśvara
• Kali Yuga (Kali-kāla)
• Kāśī kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion to Vyāseśvara is portrayed as a spiritual refuge that overcomes Kali-age anxieties and sin-born fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vyāseśvara in Kāśī; the verse also alludes to the protective sanctity of the Kāśī-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified here; the emphasis is on sustained bhakti (devotional allegiance) to Vyāseśvara.