Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तव पादाबुंजद्वंद्वे निर्द्वंद्वा भक्तिरस्तु नः । आ कलेवरपातं च काशीवासोस्तु नोनिशम्

Transliteration

tava pādābuṃjadvaṃdve nirdvaṃdvā bhaktirastu naḥ | ā kalevarapātaṃ ca kāśīvāsostu noniśam

Translation

Möge uns unerschütterliche Hingabe an Deine beiden Lotosfüße zuteilwerden; und möge uns das Wohnen in Kāśī unablässig gehören, bis zum Fall des Leibes (Tod).

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पाद-अम्बुज-द्वन्द्वे: in the pair of your lotus-feet
• पाद-अम्बुज-द्वन्द्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बुज (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वन्द्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पादयोः अम्बुजे इव द्वन्द्वे/युगले)

• निर्द्वन्द्वा: free from dualities
• निर्द्वन्द्वा: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्द्वन्द्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (भक्तेः)

• भक्तिः: devotion
• भक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अस्तु: may there be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नः: for us/our
• नः: Sambandha (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान-संबन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• आ: up to
• आ: Adverbial (अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधि/पर्यन्तवाचक अव्यय (up to; limit marker)

• कलेवर-पातम्: the falling of the body (death)
• कलेवर-पातम्: Adverbial (अवधि/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक) + पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कलेवरस्य पातम्)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• काशी-वासः: dwelling in Kāśī
• काशी-वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक) + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (काश्यां वासः)

• अस्तु: may there be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नः: for us/our
• नः: Sambandha (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान-संबन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• निशम्: always
• निशम्: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: always/continually)

Speaker

Kāśī-resident brāhmaṇas/devotees (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees gaze upon Śiva’s lotus-feet in a sanctum while the ghats of Kāśī glow at dawn; the prayer asks for unbroken devotion and lifelong residence until death.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kāśī
• Bhakti
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady bhakti to Śiva and continuous residence in Kāśī are sought as the direct supports for spiritual fulfillment up to life’s end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), praised as the ideal place to dwell until death for seekers of liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practice implied is Kāśī-vāsa (living in Kāśī) with unwavering devotion to Śiva.