Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

ययौ भिक्षाटनं कर्तुं सशिष्यः परितः पुरीम् । सर्वत्र स परिभ्रांतः प्रतिसौधं मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

yayau bhikṣāṭanaṃ kartuṃ saśiṣyaḥ paritaḥ purīm | sarvatra sa paribhrāṃtaḥ pratisaudhaṃ muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

خرج فياسا مع تلاميذه يلتمس الصدقة حول المدينة. وطاف في كل مكان مرارًا وتكرارًا، يقصد كل قصرٍ وكل بيت.

Word by Word

• ययौ: he went
• ययौ: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भिक्षाटनम्: begging; alms-round
• भिक्षाटनम्: कर्म (Object/purpose-object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षा + अटन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (भिक्षायाः अटनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do; to perform
• कर्तुम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to do’

• सशिष्यः: with disciples
• सशिष्यः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (शिष्यैः सह यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परितः: around; all around
• परितः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परितः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/preposition)

• पुरीम्: the city
• पुरीम्: कर्म (Goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स: he
• स: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परिभ्रान्तः: wandering about
• परिभ्रान्तः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having wandered’

• प्रतिसौधम्: from mansion to mansion
• प्रतिसौधम्: अधिकरण (Locative circumstance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + सौध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverbial), ‘palace by palace/each mansion’

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः

Speaker

Narrator voice within Skanda’s discourse (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa with disciples walks repeatedly through Kāśī’s grand houses and courtyards, knocking or standing at thresholds; the repetition is emphasized—same lanes, different doors—showing endurance and the city’s scale.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Disciples
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Perseverance in simple discipline—without resentment—purifies the seeker; the path is sustained by repeated effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, mapped as a sacred lived-space where daily spiritual striving unfolds street by street and house by house.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhikṣāṭana (alms-round) as a regulated ascetic practice, performed with disciples as part of a disciplined life.