Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

नक्षत्रग्रहराशीनां बाधास्तेषां कदाचन । न भविष्यंति ये काश्यां नक्षत्रेश्वरवीक्षकाः

Transliteration

nakṣatragraharāśīnāṃ bādhāsteṣāṃ kadācana | na bhaviṣyaṃti ye kāśyāṃ nakṣatreśvaravīkṣakāḥ

Translation

Für jene, die in Kāśī Nakṣatreśvara schauen und ihn suchen, werden niemals Bedrängnisse entstehen, die von Nakṣatras, Planeten oder Tierkreiszeichen verursacht werden.

Word by Word

• nakṣatra-graha-rāśīnām: of the constellations, planets, and zodiacal signs
• nakṣatra-graha-rāśīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + graha (प्रातिपदिक) + rāśi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—द्वन्द्वः (copulative) ततः षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्

• bādhāḥ: obstructions, afflictions
• bādhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bādhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• kadācana: ever, at any time
• kadācana: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal indeclinable)

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• bhaviṣyanti: will be, will occur
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• kāśyām: in Kāśī
• kāśyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• nakṣatra-īśvara-vīkṣakāḥ: observers of the lords of the constellations
• nakṣatra-īśvara-vīkṣakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + vīkṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (determinative)

Speaker

Bhagavad-gaṇas (Śiva’s attendants)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nakṣatreśvara (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kāśī shrine of Nakṣatreśvara with a liṅga under a canopy of constellations; devotees offer lamps while planetary symbols fade into calm light.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Nakṣatreśvara
• Grahas (planets)
• Rāśis (zodiac signs)
• Nakṣatras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī-darśana of a specific liṅga is portrayed as a dharmic remedy that transcends astrological afflictions through Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nakṣatreśvara-liṅga in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nakṣatreśvara-vīkṣaṇa/darśana (beholding/visiting Nakṣatreśvara in Kāśī).