Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

अविमुक्तं तदरभ्य क्षेत्रमेतदुदीर्यते । पर्यंक भूतं शिवयोर्निरंतरसुखास्पदम्

Transliteration

avimuktaṃ tadarabhya kṣetrametadudīryate | paryaṃka bhūtaṃ śivayorniraṃtarasukhāspadam

Translation

Von eben jenem Punkt an wird dieses heilige Gebiet als „Avimukta“ verkündet: die Lagerstatt Śivas und Śivās, Wohnort ununterbrochener Seligkeit.

Word by Word

• अविमुक्तम्: Avimukta (the sacred place)
• अविमुक्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ- + विमुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; वि+मुच् क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन — neuter, nominative, singular; नाम (place-name)

• तत्: thereupon/then
• तत्: Kala-adhikarana (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे नपुंसक-रूपम् ‘तत्’ = ‘thereupon/thereafter’ (adverbial use)

• आरभ्य: starting from
• आरभ्य: Apadana/Arambha-bindu (Starting point/आरम्भ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ+रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having begun/from (starting)’, adverbial

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन — neuter, nominative, singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — neuter, nominative, singular; विशेषणम्

• उदीर्यते: is called/declared
• उदीर्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+ईर् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) — ‘is called/uttered’

• पर्यङ्क: couch/bed
• पर्यङ्क: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्यङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — masculine, nominative/accusative, singular (as first member in predication)

• भूतम्: become
• भूतम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु) → भूत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘having become’; predicate adjective

• शिवयोः: of Shiva and (his) consort / of the two Shivas
• शिवयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन — masculine, genitive, dual

• निरन्तरसुखास्पदम्: abode of uninterrupted bliss
• निरन्तरसुखास्पदम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरन्तर-सुख-आस्पद (प्रातिपदिक; निरन्तर + सुख + आस्पद)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter, nominative/accusative, singular; समासपद

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Avimukta as a radiant sanctum-city where Śiva and Pārvatī recline on a divine couch; the atmosphere is continuous bliss—soft light, lotus motifs, and a subtle suggestion of Kāśī’s ghats/temple spires as the earthly reflection of their celestial resting-place.

Characters & Entities

• Avimukta
• Śiva
• Śivā (Pārvatī)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Avimukta signifies uninterrupted divine presence; dwelling in that awareness leads toward unbroken inner bliss and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta-kṣetra of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), described as Śiva-Śakti’s perpetual resting-place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it culminates the definition and praise of Avimukta as a mokṣa-kṣetra.