Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

इति रूढिमिह प्राप्तास्तव पूर्वपितामहाः । त्यक्त्वा दुर्वृत्तसंसर्गं साधुसंगरतो भव

Transliteration

iti rūḍhimiha prāptāstava pūrvapitāmahāḥ | tyaktvā durvṛttasaṃsargaṃ sādhusaṃgarato bhava

Translation

So erlangten deine Vorväter hier die gefestigte Überlieferung. Gib die Gemeinschaft der Übelgesinnten auf und werde der Gemeinschaft der Tugendhaften zugetan.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यादि-उक्त्यर्थक-निपात (quotative particle)

• रूढिम्: custom, established practice
• रूढिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूढि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/प्रसङ्ग-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: here/in this matter)

• प्राप्ताः: (they) attained/obtained
• प्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √प्राप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्रियापदवत् (finite-sense: ‘have attained’)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूर्वपितामहाः: former forefathers/grandfathers
• पूर्वपितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/क्त्वान्त), पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (having abandoned)

• दुर्वृत्तसंसर्गम्: association with the wicked
• दुर्वृत्तसंसर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक) + संसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• साधुसंगरतः: delighting in the company of the good
• साधुसंगरतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक) + संग (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying the addressed person)

• भव: become / be
• भव: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) narrating to Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: son/young householder

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A father/elder points toward two paths: one leading to a noisy tavern-like crowd (duḥsaṅga), the other to a calm assembly of sages near a temple courtyard; ancestral portraits or lineage symbols behind him.

Characters & Entities

• forefathers

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Character is shaped by company; dharma requires leaving corrupt influence and seeking sādhu-saṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Kāśī as the sacred ‘here’ (iha) of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, presenting Kāśī as a seat of inherited dharmic culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is an ethical injunction regarding association (saṅga).