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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

नीरुक्छरीरसंपत्तिर्निवेदे किं नु कारणम् । अनवाप्ताभिलाषाणां वैराग्यं जायते नृणाम्

Transliteration

nīrukcharīrasaṃpattirnivede kiṃ nu kāraṇam | anavāptābhilāṣāṇāṃ vairāgyaṃ jāyate nṛṇām

Translation

তোমাৰ দেহ অক্ষুণ্ণ আৰু সকলো সুবিধা-সম্পদো আছে; তেন্তে অসন্তোষৰ কাৰণ কি? সাধাৰণতে মানুহৰ বৈৰাগ্য তেতিয়াই জন্মে যেতিয়া কাম্য লক্ষ্য লাভ নহয়।

Word by Word
nīrukcharīra-saṃpattiḥthe prosperity/condition of a body without disease
nīrukcharīra-saṃpattiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnīrukcha (प्रातिपदिक) + śarīra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देश-तत्पुरुषः—‘nīrukcha-śarīrasya saṃpattiḥ’ इति भावः
nivedein the statement/report (in the submission)
nivede:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootniveda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular)
kimwhat
kim:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun)
nuindeed/then (interrogative emphasis)
nu:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle), प्रश्न/अनुनयार्थक-निपात (interrogative/emphatic particle)
kāraṇamthe cause
kāraṇam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)
anavāpta-abhilāṣāṇāmof those whose desires are unfulfilled
anavāpta-abhilāṣāṇām:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootan-avāpta (कृदन्त; √āp/avāp ‘to obtain’ + नञ्) + abhilāṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारयः—‘anavāptāḥ abhilāṣāḥ yeṣām’ इति (unfulfilled desires)
vairāgyamdispassion
vairāgyam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvairāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)
jāyatearises/is born
jāyate:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)
nṛṇāmof men/people
nṛṇām:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
Speaker

Sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual interlocutors within Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate elder questions a well-endowed yet dissatisfied prince/child, highlighting the paradox of worldly prosperity and inner discontent.

Characters & Entities
S
sages
D
Dhruva

FAQs

Worldly comfort does not guarantee peace; true vairāgya is deeper than mere frustration and must be examined with discernment.

No named tīrtha; the verse is ethical-reflective within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.

None; it is a doctrinal observation about human dispassion.

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