Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अमृतं हि भवंत्येव मृता यत्र शरीरिणः । अनुग्रहं समासाद्य परं विश्वेश्वरस्य ह

Transliteration

amṛtaṃ hi bhavaṃtyeva mṛtā yatra śarīriṇaḥ | anugrahaṃ samāsādya paraṃ viśveśvarasya ha

Translation

Wahrlich, an jenem Ort werden selbst verkörperte Wesen, die gestorben sind, unsterblich, da sie die höchste Gnade des Herrn Viśveśvara erlangt haben.

Word by Word

• अमृतम्: immortal
• अमृतम्: Kriya (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• भवन्ति: become
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• एव: certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (only/indeed)

• मृताः: dead
• मृताः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) + मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (शरीरिणः) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (where)

• शरीरिणः: embodied beings
• शरीरिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अनुग्रहम्: grace, favor
• अनुग्रहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समासाद्य: having obtained; having reached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having obtained/approached)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अनुग्रहम्) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• विश्वेश्वरस्य: of Viśveśvara
• विश्वेश्वरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (viśvasya īśvaraḥ)

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (expletive/emphatic particle)

Speaker

Śiva-gaṇas (attendants of Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta/Kāśī under Viśveśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A funerary ghat scene subtly transformed: a departing soul rises toward a radiant Viśveśvara presence; the atmosphere is not grim but luminous—death turning into amṛta through grace.

Characters & Entities

• Viśveśvara (Śiva)
• Kāśī (implied Avimukta-kṣetra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kāśī, the Lord’s grace is portrayed as stronger than death—transforming mortality into the promise of liberation/immortality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta-Kāśī under the lordship of Viśveśvara, famed for bestowing mokṣa even at the time of death.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse conveys the doctrine of salvific grace associated with passing away in Kāśī.