Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

नाराधितो मया शंभुः प्राक्तने जन्मनि क्वचित् । शरीरित्वानुमानेन ज्ञातमेतदसंशयम्

Transliteration

nārādhito mayā śaṃbhuḥ prāktane janmani kvacit | śarīritvānumānena jñātametadasaṃśayam

Translation

‘কোনো পূৰ্বজন্মত মই শম্ভুৰ আৰাধনা কৰা নাছিলোঁ।’ দেহধাৰী অৱস্থাৰ (আৰু সীমাবদ্ধতাৰ) পৰা অনুমান কৰি এই কথা মই নিঃসন্দেহে জানিলোঁ।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• आराधितः: worshipped, propitiated
• आराधितः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr̥ (कर्ता/agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचनम्

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• प्राक्तने: in a former
• प्राक्तने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राक्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्; विशेषण (to ‘janmani’)

• जन्मनि: in (a) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• क्वचित्: ever, at any time
• क्वचित्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व (अव्यय) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indefinite adverb: ‘ever/at any time’)

• शरीरित्व-अनुमानेन: by inference from having a body
• शरीरित्व-अनुमानेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीरित्व (प्रातिपदिक; abstract noun) + अनुमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘by inference of embodiedness’)

• ज्ञातम्: known, ascertained
• ज्ञातम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् (adverbial accusative)

Speaker

Tvaṣṭṛ’s son (tvāṣṭraḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśikā (Kāśī) as remedial kṣetra for Śambhu-upāsanā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-sages (frame assumed; not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee sits in contemplation near a Kāśī shrine, looking at his own hands/body as symbols of limitation, while the serene presence of Śambhu invites repentance and renewed worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse models humility and karmic reflection: one recognizes one’s limitations and the need for Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate frame is Kāśī Khaṇḍa, though this verse focuses more on Śambhu than a particular tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it implies the importance of ārādhana (worship/propitiation) of Śambhu.