Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 190

Devanagari script

अद्य प्रभृति न क्षेत्रे मदीये शापवर्जिते । आवस क्रोधन मुने न वासे योग्यतात्र ते

Transliteration

adya prabhṛti na kṣetre madīye śāpavarjite | āvasa krodhana mune na vāse yogyatātra te

Translation

«من هذا اليوم فصاعدًا، أيها المُنيّ الغضوب، لا تُقِم في حقلي المقدّس الخالي من اللعنات. في هذا المقام لستَ أهلًا للإقامة.»

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: today)

• प्रभृति: from (this time) onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भवाचक (from/beginning with)

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

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन (singular)

• मदीये: in my (own)
• मदीये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with क्षेत्रे)

• शापवर्जिते: free from curse
• शापवर्जिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त; √वर्ज् त्यक्तौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; बहिर्गत-तत्पुरुष (शापेन वर्जितम् = free from curse); विशेषण (agreeing with क्षेत्रे)

• आवस: dwell (you)
• आवस: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु; निवासे)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative); मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

• क्रोधन: O angry one
• क्रोधन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative); एकवचन; विशेषण (addressing the sage)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative); एकवचन

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

• वासे: in residence/dwelling
• वासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (locative)

• योग्यता: fitness/eligibility
• योग्यता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context of divine governance of Kāśī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern, luminous Śiva (or the presiding kṣetra-devatā) issues a command of exclusion to a wrathful sage at the threshold of Kāśī’s sacred boundary; the city’s ghāṭs and spires glow behind, while the sage stands halted, chastened.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Kṣetra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is upheld as a uniquely protected sacred realm; improper dispositions like uncontrolled anger are incompatible with residence in such a holy kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-kṣetra (Vārāṇasī), described as ‘śāpavarjita’—beyond the reach of ordinary curses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes moral qualification (adhikāra) for dwelling in the sacred area.