Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

गोलोकं प्राप्नुयात्तस्मात्पुण्यान्नैवात्र संशयः । भद्रेश्वराद्यातुधान्यामुपशांत शिवो मुने

Transliteration

golokaṃ prāpnuyāttasmātpuṇyānnaivātra saṃśayaḥ | bhadreśvarādyātudhānyāmupaśāṃta śivo mune

Translation

Durch dieses Verdienst gelangt man nach Goloka – daran besteht kein Zweifel. Von Bhadreśvara aus, o Weiser, soll man weiter zu Upaśānta-Śiva, dem stillen Śiva, schreiten.

Word by Word

• गोलोकम्: Goloka
• गोलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गवां लोकः)

• प्राप्नुयात्: would attain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुण्यात्: from merit
• पुण्यात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

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

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भद्रेश्वरात्: from Bhadreśvara
• भद्रेश्वरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• यातुधान्याम्: to/into Yātudhānī (place-name)
• यातुधान्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (पाठभेद/संदिग्ध-रूप)

• उपशान्तः: calm/appeased
• उपशान्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप√शम् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय) → उपशान्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे (past participle: 'calmed')

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhadreśvara → Upaśānta-Śiva

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni (explicit: ‘mun e’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, radiant with merit from Bhadreśvara, is envisioned ascending toward Goloka in a visionary overlay—celestial cowherd realm—while physically walking onward through Kāśī lanes to a calm, austere shrine of Upaśānta-Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Bhadreśvara
• Upaśānta-Śiva
• Goloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained in Kāśī through Śiva-tīrtha worship is portrayed as leading to the highest spiritual destinations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhadreśvara and the next sacred station named Upaśānta-Śiva within the Kāśī pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā instruction: proceed onward from Bhadreśvara to the shrine/liṅga of Upaśānta-Śiva.