Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

अन्यदापि न वै कार्या भवता शेमुषीदृशी । पाराशर्य इति श्रुत्वा संज्ञया व्याजहार ह

Transliteration

anyadāpi na vai kāryā bhavatā śemuṣīdṛśī | pārāśarya iti śrutvā saṃjñayā vyājahāra ha

Translation

„Nie wieder soll ein solcher Gedanke in dir aufkommen.“ Und als er die Anrede „Pārāśarya!“ vernahm, erwiderte er mit einem Zeichen des Einverständnisses.

Word by Word

• anyadā: another time, again
• anyadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — ‘at another time/ever again’

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि) — ‘even/also’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; निश्चय/प्रसिद्ध्यर्थ) — ‘indeed’

• kāryā: should be done
• kāryā: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṛ (कृ ‘करणे’ धातु) + यत्; kārya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण — ‘to be done/should be done’ (न…कार्या)

• bhavatā: by you
• bhavatā: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनामवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन — ‘by you’

• śemuṣī: intellect
• śemuṣī: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śemuṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग) — ‘intellect/understanding’

• dṛśī: of such kind
• dṛśī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘such as/like’ (शेमुषी-दृशी = ‘of such intellect’)

• pārāśarya: O Pārāśarya
• pārāśarya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārāśarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन — ‘O son of Parāśara’

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/इति-चिह्न) — quotative ‘thus’

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (श्रु ‘श्रवणे’ धातु)
• Form: अव्ययभावे क्त्वान्त — ‘having heard’

• saṃjñayā: by (that) name
• saṃjñayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन — ‘by name/as an address’

• vyājahāra: he uttered
• vyājahāra: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ā-√hṛ (वि+आ+हृ ‘हरणे/उच्चारणे’ धातु; ‘to utter’)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘uttered/spoke’

• ha: indeed (particle)
• ha: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; कथानक-प्रयोग) — ‘indeed/for’ (narrative particle)

Speaker

Viṣṇu (first sentence); Narrator (second sentence describing the response)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/seekers in the frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa, addressed as Pārāśarya, gives a silent sign of assent—head bow or añjali—signifying acceptance and resolve not to repeat the error; the atmosphere settles into calm.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vyāsa (Pārāśarya)
• Parāśara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual maturity includes accepting correction and abandoning mistaken views; humility is shown even through silent acknowledgement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching serves Kāśī’s māhātmya by safeguarding correct understanding of the Lord of the sacred field (kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, it reinforces the prior injunction to perform stuti of Śambhu; this verse itself adds a prohibition against repeating the mistaken view.