Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

निष्ठीवनं च श्लेष्माणं गृहाद्दूरं विनिक्षिपेत् । अहर्निशं श्रुतेर्जाप्याच्छौचाचारनिषेवणात् । अद्रोहवत्या बुद्ध्या च पूर्वं जन्म स्मरेद्द्विजः

Transliteration

niṣṭhīvanaṃ ca śleṣmāṇaṃ gṛhāddūraṃ vinikṣipet | aharniśaṃ śruterjāpyācchaucācāraniṣevaṇāt | adrohavatyā buddhyā ca pūrvaṃ janma smareddvijaḥ

Translation

থু আৰু কফ ঘৰৰ পৰা দূৰত পেলাই দিব। দিন-ৰাতি বেদীয় শ্ৰুতিৰ জপ, শৌচ আৰু সদাচাৰৰ আচৰণ, আৰু অদ্ৰোহী বুদ্ধি ধাৰণ কৰিলে দ্বিজে পূৰ্বজন্ম স্মৰণ কৰিব পাৰে।

Word by Word

• निष्ठीवनम्: spittle
• निष्ठीवनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्ठीवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• श्लेष्माणम्: phlegm
• श्लेष्माणम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लेष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• गृहात्: from the house
• गृहात्: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-एकवचन (Ablative Singular)

• दूरम्: far away
• दूरम्: Adhikaraṇa (Circumstance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb of place/distance)

• विनिक्षिपेत्: should throw/put down
• विनिक्षिपेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+नि+क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg)

• अहर्निशम्: day and night
• अहर्निशम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहन् + निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial usage: ‘day and night’, accusative used adverbially)

• श्रुतेः: of the Veda/scripture
• श्रुतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive Singular)

• जाप्यात्: from recitation (japa)
• जाप्यात्: Apādāna (Source/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-एकवचन (Ablative Singular)

• शौचाचारनिषेवणात्: from practicing purity and right conduct
• शौचाचारनिषेवणात्: Apādāna (Source/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच + आचार + निषेवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-एकवचन (Ablative Singular; compound: ‘from the practice of purity-conduct’)

• अद्रोहवत्या: with non-malicious
• अद्रोहवत्या: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्रोहवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental Singular; agrees with बुद्ध्या)

• बुद्ध्या: with (one’s) mind/intellect
• बुद्ध्या: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पूर्वम्: formerly/previously
• पूर्वम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: formerly)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• स्मरेत्: should remember
• स्मरेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg)

• द्विजः: a twice-born (Brahmin)
• द्विजः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Characters & Entities

• Śruti (Veda)
• Dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cleanliness, steady sacred recitation, and a non-harming mind refine consciousness—so much that deeper spiritual memory can awaken.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred environment where disciplined living is portrayed as part of the city’s transformative power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dispose of bodily waste (spittle/phlegm) away from living space; maintain daily śruti-japa along with śauca and ācāra.