Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तयोरित्थं विचरतोस्त्रिलोचनसमीपतः । अगाद्बहुतिथः कालो द्विजयोः साधुचेष्टयोः

Transliteration

tayoritthaṃ vicaratostrilocanasamīpataḥ | agādbahutithaḥ kālo dvijayoḥ sādhuceṣṭayoḥ

Translation

So verging, während jene beiden «zweimal Geborenen» unter den Vögeln nahe bei Trilocana umhergingen, für sie eine lange Zeit, in solch tugendhaftem Tun verweilend.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (genitive dual)

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• विचरतोः: while roaming
• विचरतोः: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चर् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी, द्विवचन; ‘while (they) were roaming’

• त्रिलोचनसमीपतः: near Triloċana (Śiva)
• त्रिलोचनसमीपतः: Adhikarana (Proximity/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिलोचन (प्रातिपदिक) + समीप (प्रातिपदिक) + तः (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘from/near’; समासः—त्रिलोचनस्य समीपात् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• अगात्: passed/went by
• अगात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• बहुतिथः: consisting of many days
• बहुतिथः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + तिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—बह्व्यः तिथयः यस्य (बहुव्रीहि-अर्थे)

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्विजयोः: of the two birds
• द्विजयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• साधुचेष्टयोः: of good conduct
• साधुचेष्टयोः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक) + चेष्टा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; समासः—साध्वी चेष्टा यस्य (कर्मधारयः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) speaking to Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trilocana (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied brāhmaṇa interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A time-lapse-like sense: seasons passing around a temple; two birds repeatedly seen near the three-eyed Śiva shrine, calm and habituated to devotional surroundings.

Characters & Entities

• Trilocana (Śiva)
• pigeons/birds (dvija, poetic)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistency over time in a sacred place matures devotion into virtue and spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Trilocana’s vicinity in Kāśī, presented as a spiritually potent dwelling-place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on sustained proximity to the shrine and ongoing good conduct.