Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

श्रद्धावानेकभक्तश्च कामक्रोधविवर्जितः । सहाप्सरोभिर्द्युतिमान्स वसेदत्र भोगवान्

Transliteration

śraddhāvānekabhaktaśca kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ | sahāpsarobhirdyutimānsa vasedatra bhogavān

Translation

Wer voll Glauben ist, in einspältiger Verehrung hingegeben und frei von Begierde und Zorn, der weilt hier in strahlender Pracht und genießt göttliche Wonnen zusammen mit den Apsarās.

Word by Word

• श्रद्धावान्: faithful, endowed with faith
• श्रद्धावान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative singular adjective)

• एकभक्तः: single-mindedly devoted
• एकभक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (एकः भक्तः/एकनिष्ठः) (masculine nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कामक्रोधविवर्जितः: free from desire and anger
• कामक्रोधविवर्जितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त; वि√वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (कामक्रोधयोः विवर्जितः) (masculine nominative singular past participle)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (prepositional indeclinable: 'together with')

• अप्सरोभिः: with apsarases
• अप्सरोभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (feminine instrumental plural)

• द्युतिमान्: radiant, splendid
• द्युतिमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युतिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative singular adjective)

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

• वसेत्: should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should dwell)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• भोगवान्: enjoying pleasures, possessing enjoyments
• भोगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative singular adjective)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene pilgrim with folded hands in Kāśī, mind stilled, surrounded by a luminous aura; celestial apsarās appear in the background as symbols of divine felicity, while the ghāṭs and temple spires silhouette the sacred city.

Characters & Entities

• Apsarās
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith, single-pointed devotion, and freedom from desire and anger are presented as the inner qualifications that yield luminous spiritual reward in the sacred realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa and praises the blessed state attained ‘here’—i.e., within the sanctified sphere of Kāśī’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes ethical-spiritual discipline (bhakti, śraddhā, and restraint from kāma and krodha).