Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

इमां यात्रां नरः कृत्वा न भूयोप्यभिजायते । अन्या यात्रा प्रकर्तव्यैका दशायतनोद्भवा

Transliteration

imāṃ yātrāṃ naraḥ kṛtvā na bhūyopyabhijāyate | anyā yātrā prakartavyaikā daśāyatanodbhavā

Translation

من أتمّ هذه الحِجّة المقدّسة لا يُولد ثانيةً. وهناك حِجّة أخرى ينبغي القيام بها، ناشئة من المساكن المقدّسة العشر (آياتانا).

Word by Word

• imām: this
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (fem. acc. sg.)

• yātrām: pilgrimage/journey
• yātrām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. acc. sg.)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनः/भूयः (adverb)

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

• abhijāyate: is born again / is reborn
• abhijāyate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhijan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; वर्तमानकाल (pres. 3rd sg. Ā.)

• anyā: another
• anyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• yātrā: pilgrimage/journey
• yātrā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)

• prakartavyā: to be performed
• prakartavyā: Viśeṣya (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.); विधेय-विशेषण (to be done)

• ekā: one
• ekā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• daśāyatanodbhavā: arising from the ten shrines
• daśāyatanodbhavā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa + āyatana + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक); (daśa=दश, āyatana=आयतन, udbhava=उद्भव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (daśāyatanānām udbhavā) (fem. nom. sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-yātrā (ten-āyatana-based circuit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn in Kāśī receives instruction for a liberation-yātrā; the city’s ghāṭs and clustered shrines suggest a mapped circuit of sacred abodes.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Yātrā
• Daśāyatana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A properly performed Kāśī-yātrā is portrayed as liberating—cutting the cycle of rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī as a whole, with a lead-in to a structured circuit connected to ten sacred abodes (daśāyatana).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To perform the stated yātrā, and additionally to undertake a second yātrā associated with the ten āyatanas.