Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
Devanagari script
आदेहपतनं यावद्योविमुक्तं न मुंचति । न केवलं ब्रह्महत्या प्रकृतिश्च निवर्तते
Transliteration
ādehapatanaṃ yāvadyovimuktaṃ na muṃcati | na kevalaṃ brahmahatyā prakṛtiśca nivartate
Translation
যে দেহপতন পর্যন্ত অবিমুক্তকে ত্যাগ করে না, তার কেবল ব্রহ্মহত্যাই নয়, বন্ধনরূপ প্রকৃতিও নিবৃত্ত হয়।
Word by Word
आदेहपतनम्until the fall of the body (until death)
आदेहपतनम्:
Kala-adhikarana (Temporal limit/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ-देह-पतन (प्रातिपदिक); देह (प्रातिपदिक) + पतन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययत्वेन कालावधि-अर्थे (up to the fall of the body)
यावत्as long as; until
यावत्:
Kala (Temporal marker/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालपरिमाण/अवधि-सूचक (as long as/until)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक
अविमुक्तम्Avimukta (the sacred place)
अविमुक्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअविमुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म (स्थाननाम)
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
मुंचतिabandons; leaves
मुंचति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
केवलम्only; merely
केवलम्:
Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकेवल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन/क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverb: only/merely)
ब्रह्महत्याbrahmahatyā sin
ब्रह्महत्या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
प्रकृतिःone's innate nature/condition
प्रकृतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
निवर्ततेceases; turns back
निवर्तते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि√वृत् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A pilgrim resolves to remain in Avimukta for life; behind him, the personified Brahmahatyā dissolves; deeper still, a serpent-like coil symbolizing ‘prakṛti/saṃskāra’ unwinds and retreats, indicating reversal of ingrained bondage.
Characters & Entities
A
Avimukta (Kāśī)FAQs
Unbroken refuge in Avimukta is said to cleanse not only specific sins but the deeper tendency toward bondage.
Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī).
Do not leave Avimukta; remain there up to death (ādehapatana).