Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यदि गीतं क्वचिद्गीतं श्रीमद्धरिहरांतिके । मोक्षस्तु तत्फलं प्राहुः सा न्निध्यमथवा तयोः

Transliteration

yadi gītaṃ kvacidgītaṃ śrīmaddhariharāṃtike | mokṣastu tatphalaṃ prāhuḥ sā nnidhyamathavā tayoḥ

Translation

Wenn irgendwo ein Lied in der Gegenwart des ruhmreichen Hari und Hara gesungen wird, so sagen sie, seine Frucht sei Befreiung (mokṣa) — oder innige Nähe zu diesen beiden.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha/Avyaya (Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-प्रदर्शक अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• गीतम्: a song, singing
• गीतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म/विषय (thing sung)

• क्वचित्: somewhere, at any time
• क्वचित्: Sambandha/Avyaya (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/काल-अव्यय (adverb: somewhere/at some time)

• गीतम्: sung
• गीतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पूर्वपदस्य पुनरुक्तिः (emphatic repetition)

• श्रीमद्: venerable, glorious
• श्रीमद्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हरिहरान्तिके इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (honoured, glorious)

• हरिहरान्तिके: in the presence of Hari and Hara
• हरिहरान्तिके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि-हर-अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण; विग्रहः: हरिहरयोः अन्तिके (in the presence of Hari and Hara)

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed, however
• तु: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• तत्फलम्: its result
• तत्फलम्: Pradhāna (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-फल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विग्रहः: तस्य फलम् (its fruit/result)

• प्राहुः: they have said
• प्राहुः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सान्निध्यम्: nearness, presence
• सान्निध्यम्: Pradhāna (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विकल्पार्थे (as an alternative fruit)

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha/Avyaya (Disjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-बोधक अव्यय (disjunctive: or)

• तयोः: of those two (Hari and Hara)
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; हरिहरयोः सम्बन्धः

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee singing with folded hands before a paired shrine or a shared sanctum symbolizing Hari and Hara; the air visibly ‘vibrates’ with sacred sound, suggesting liberation as light rising upward.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Hara (Śiva)
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional singing offered to Hari and Hara is a direct means to liberation or to abiding in their divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is situated in Kāśīkhaṇḍa, aligning the merit of kīrtana with Kāśī’s liberating spiritual atmosphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is singing hymns in the divine presence (kīrtana/gāna) as an offering.