Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अत्रात्मव्यतिरेकेण द्वितीयं यो न पश्यति । आत्मारामः स योगींद्रो ब्रह्मीभूतो भवेदिह

Transliteration

atrātmavyatirekeṇa dvitīyaṃ yo na paśyati | ātmārāmaḥ sa yogīṃdro brahmībhūto bhavediha

Translation

Hier wird der, der außer dem Selbst kein „Zweites“ erblickt und im Selbst ruht, zum Herrn unter den Yogins und wird noch in diesem Leben Brahman-verwirklicht.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• आत्मव्यतिरेकेण: by (the) exclusion of the Self / apart from the Self
• आत्मव्यतिरेकेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मव्यतिरेक (प्रातिपदिक; आत्मन् + व्यतिरेक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतुवाचक (instrumental singular masculine; ‘by/with the exception of’)

• द्वितीयम्: a second (entity)
• द्वितीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular neuter)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun; nominative singular masculine)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (he sees)

• आत्मारामः: one who delights in the Self
• आत्मारामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्माराम (प्रातिपदिक; आत्मन् + आराम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular masculine)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (demonstrative pronoun; nominative singular masculine)

• योगीन्द्रः: lord among yogis
• योगीन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगीन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; योगिन् + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular masculine)

• ब्रह्मीभूतः: become Brahman
• ब्रह्मीभूतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मीभूत (कृदन्त; ब्रह्मन् + √भू (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle; ‘having become Brahman’)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (may/should become)

• इह: here (in this world/state)
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant yogin in Kāśī, with the Ganga and Viśvanātha spires behind, depicted as seeing the same Self in all beings—pilgrims, priests, animals—without distinction.

Characters & Entities

• Ātman
• Brahman
• Yogīndra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Non-dual Self-vision—seeing nothing separate from the Ātman—culminates in Brahman-realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s liberation framework, where Kāśī is famed for leading seekers toward Brahma-jñāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a state of realization (non-dual seeing) rather than an outward practice.