Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

यस्याख्यां ब्रुवतां नित्यं न देहः सोपि देहधृक् । यं दृष्ट्वा न पुनर्जन्म लभ्यते मानवैर्भुवि

Transliteration

yasyākhyāṃ bruvatāṃ nityaṃ na dehaḥ sopi dehadhṛk | yaṃ dṛṣṭvā na punarjanma labhyate mānavairbhuvi

Translation

Selbst für den, der einen Leib trägt, ist der Leib, als bände er nicht, wenn sein heiliger Name täglich gesprochen wird. Wer ihn geschaut hat, erlangt auf Erden keine Wiedergeburt mehr.

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• ākhyām: name, appellation
• ākhyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• bruvatām: of those who speak/utter
• bruvatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ-प्रत्यय) → bruvat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘ब्रुवताम्’ = ‘of those who utter’

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (निषेध-अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• dehaḥ: body
• dehaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-भावार्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• dehadhṛk: bearer of a body, embodied one
• dehadhṛk: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक) + dhṛ (धातु) → dhṛk (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुष): देहं धरतीति; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yam: whom
• yam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive): ‘having seen’

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (निषेध-अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• janma: birth
• janma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (as object)

• labhyate: is obtained
• labhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• mānavaiḥ: by humans
• mānavaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• bhuvi: on earth
• bhuvi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Devas (in praise, contextually before addressing Śiva; likely voiced in the narrative of Skanda to Agastya within Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī / Viśveśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Primary interlocutor of Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame (traditional: sages/Śaunaka-group depending on recension)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee proclaims that constant utterance of the Lord’s name makes bodily bondage ‘as if absent’; in the background rises Kāśī with ghāṭs and a luminous Śiva-presence promising freedom from rebirth.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily remembrance/utterance of the Lord’s name and direct darśana are portrayed as liberating forces that cut off rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa, thus the implied sacred setting is Kāśī, where Śaṅkara’s darśana grants mokṣa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular nāma-ucchāraṇa (daily utterance of the Lord’s name) is emphasized.