Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

इमां यात्रां नरः कृत्वा न भूयोप्यभिजायते । अन्या यात्रा प्रकर्तव्यैका दशायतनोद्भवा

Transliteration

imāṃ yātrāṃ naraḥ kṛtvā na bhūyopyabhijāyate | anyā yātrā prakartavyaikā daśāyatanodbhavā

Translation

Wer diese Pilgerfahrt vollzieht, wird nicht wiedergeboren. Es gibt auch eine andere Pilgerfahrt, die zu unternehmen ist, hervorgegangen aus den zehn heiligen Wohnstätten (āyatanas).

Word by Word

• imām: this
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (fem. acc. sg.)

• yātrām: pilgrimage/journey
• yātrām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. acc. sg.)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनः/भूयः (adverb)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• abhijāyate: is born again / is reborn
• abhijāyate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhijan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; वर्तमानकाल (pres. 3rd sg. Ā.)

• anyā: another
• anyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• yātrā: pilgrimage/journey
• yātrā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)

• prakartavyā: to be performed
• prakartavyā: Viśeṣya (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.); विधेय-विशेषण (to be done)

• ekā: one
• ekā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• daśāyatanodbhavā: arising from the ten shrines
• daśāyatanodbhavā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa + āyatana + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक); (daśa=दश, āyatana=आयतन, udbhava=उद्भव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (daśāyatanānām udbhavā) (fem. nom. sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-yātrā (ten-āyatana-based circuit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn in Kāśī receives instruction for a liberation-yātrā; the city’s ghāṭs and clustered shrines suggest a mapped circuit of sacred abodes.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Yātrā
• Daśāyatana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A properly performed Kāśī-yātrā is portrayed as liberating—cutting the cycle of rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī as a whole, with a lead-in to a structured circuit connected to ten sacred abodes (daśāyatana).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To perform the stated yātrā, and additionally to undertake a second yātrā associated with the ten āyatanas.