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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

एकस्मिन्रक्षिते जीवे त्रैलोक्यं रक्षितं भवेत् । घातिते घातितं तद्वत्तस्माद्रक्षेन्न घातयेत्

Transliteration

ekasminrakṣite jīve trailokyaṃ rakṣitaṃ bhavet | ghātite ghātitaṃ tadvattasmādrakṣenna ghātayet

Translation

একটি প্রাণ রক্ষিত হলে যেন ত্রিলোকই রক্ষিত হয়; আর একটি প্রাণ নিহত হলে যেন ত্রিলোকই নিহত হয়। তাই রক্ষা করো, হত্যা করিও না।

Word by Word
एकस्मिन्in/with one
एकस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (जीवे)
रक्षितेwhen (it is) protected
रक्षिते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
TypeAdjective
Rootrakṣita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √rakṣ धातु, क्त)
Formकृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुं/नपुंसक; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘एकस्मिन् ... जीवे’ इत्यत्र विशेषण (locative absolute sense)
जीवेin a living being
जीवे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootjīva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
त्रैलोक्यम्the three worlds
त्रैलोक्यम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः—द्विगु (त्रयः लोकाः = “three worlds”); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अत्र प्रथमा)
रक्षितम्protected
रक्षितम्:
Vidhaya (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootrakṣita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √rakṣ धातु, क्त)
Formकृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (त्रैलोक्यम्)
भवेत्would be/should become
भवेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
घातितेwhen (it is) killed
घातिते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
TypeAdjective
Rootghātita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √han धातु, णिच् + क्त)
Formकृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि (PPP, causative: “caused to be killed”); पुं/नपुंसक; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute)
घातितम्killed
घातितम्:
Vidhaya (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootghātita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √han धातु, णिच् + क्त)
Formकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (त्रैलोक्यम्—अनुवृत्त)
तद्वत्likewise
तद्वत्:
Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम) + vat (तद्धित)
Formअव्यय; उपमानवाचक (adverb: “likewise/in that manner”)
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore)
रक्षेत्should protect
रक्षेत्:
Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√rakṣ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (आज्ञार्थे—“one should protect”)
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात
घातयेत्should kill/cause to be killed
घातयेत्:
Kriya (Prohibited action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√han (धातु) णिच् (causative)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative: “cause to kill/kill”)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda instructing Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Allegorical tableau: a single small creature (bird/deer) being protected by a pilgrim, while above them the three worlds (heaven, earth, netherworld) appear as luminous spheres, showing cosmic resonance of compassion.

Characters & Entities
T
Trailokya (Three Worlds)

FAQs

Protecting life has vast spiritual weight; killing carries vast harm—therefore choose protection and non-violence.

The teaching is within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa milieu, guiding conduct for those in sacred Kāśī, without naming a single tīrtha.

A moral command is given: rakṣaṇa (protection) and avoidance of ghāta (killing).

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