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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

निष्ठीवनं च श्लेष्माणं गृहाद्दूरं विनिक्षिपेत् । अहर्निशं श्रुतेर्जाप्याच्छौचाचारनिषेवणात् । अद्रोहवत्या बुद्ध्या च पूर्वं जन्म स्मरेद्द्विजः

Transliteration

niṣṭhīvanaṃ ca śleṣmāṇaṃ gṛhāddūraṃ vinikṣipet | aharniśaṃ śruterjāpyācchaucācāraniṣevaṇāt | adrohavatyā buddhyā ca pūrvaṃ janma smareddvijaḥ

Translation

Speichel und Schleim werfe man weit weg vom Haus. Tag und Nacht, durch Rezitation der vedischen Überlieferung, durch Übung von Reinheit und rechter Lebensführung und mit einem Geist ohne Feindseligkeit, kann der Zweimalgeborene frühere Geburten erinnern.

Word by Word
निष्ठीवनम्spittle
निष्ठीवनम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootनिष्ठीवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
श्लेष्माणम्phlegm
श्लेष्माणम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootश्लेष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular)
गृहात्from the house
गृहात्:
Apādāna (Source)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-एकवचन (Ablative Singular)
दूरम्far away
दूरम्:
Adhikaraṇa (Circumstance)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb of place/distance)
विनिक्षिपेत्should throw/put down
विनिक्षिपेत्:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootवि+नि+क्षिप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg)
अहर्निशम्day and night
अहर्निशम्:
Adhikaraṇa (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअहन् + निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial usage: ‘day and night’, accusative used adverbially)
श्रुतेःof the Veda/scripture
श्रुतेः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive Singular)
जाप्यात्from recitation (japa)
जाप्यात्:
Apādāna (Source/cause)
TypeNoun
Rootजाप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-एकवचन (Ablative Singular)
शौचाचारनिषेवणात्from practicing purity and right conduct
शौचाचारनिषेवणात्:
Apādāna (Source/cause)
TypeNoun
Rootशौच + आचार + निषेवण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-एकवचन (Ablative Singular; compound: ‘from the practice of purity-conduct’)
अद्रोहवत्याwith non-malicious
अद्रोहवत्या:
Karaṇa (Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootअद्रोहवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental Singular; agrees with बुद्ध्या)
बुद्ध्याwith (one’s) mind/intellect
बुद्ध्या:
Karaṇa (Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
पूर्वम्formerly/previously
पूर्वम्:
Adhikaraṇa (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: formerly)
जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular)
स्मरेत्should remember
स्मरेत्:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg)
द्विजःa twice-born (Brahmin)
द्विजः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative Singular)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas/pilgrims instructed in Kāśī conduct

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dvija in a Kāśī courtyard disposes of spittle far from the home, then sits in a clean spot reciting Veda; a serene aura suggests inner sattva and the dawning of past-life remembrance.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śruti (Veda)
D
Dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

Cleanliness, steady sacred recitation, and a non-harming mind refine consciousness—so much that deeper spiritual memory can awaken.

Kāśī is the implied sacred environment where disciplined living is portrayed as part of the city’s transformative power.

Dispose of bodily waste (spittle/phlegm) away from living space; maintain daily śruti-japa along with śauca and ācāra.

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