Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

नैपालाच्च महाक्षेत्रादायात्पशुपतिस्त्विह । यत्र पाशुपतो योग उपदिष्टः पिनाकिना

Transliteration

naipālācca mahākṣetrādāyātpaśupatistviha | yatra pāśupato yoga upadiṣṭaḥ pinākinā

Translation

From the great sacred region of Nepal, Paśupati came here—this is the place where the Pāśupata Yoga was taught by the wielder of the Pināka (Śiva).

Word by Word

• नैपालात्: from Nepal
• नैपालात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अपादानार्थे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महाक्षेत्रात्: from the great sacred field
• महाक्षेत्रात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अपादानार्थे

• आयात्: came
• आयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• पशुपतिः: Paśupati (Śiva)
• पशुपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशुपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• पाशुपतः: Pāśupata
• पाशुपतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाशुपत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘योगः’ इति विशेषणम्

• योगः: yoga/doctrine
• योगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उपदिष्टः: was taught/instructed
• उपदिष्टः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + दिश् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय

• पिनाकिना: by the bearer of the Pināka (Śiva)
• पिनाकिना: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ-करणभावे (agent in passive)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāśupata-yoga-upadeśa-sthāna (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Pinākin sits in teaching posture beneath a sacred tree/mandapa in Kāśī; ascetics listen as Paśupati’s presence is invoked—Nepal mountains faintly symbolized in the background as a spiritual ‘arrival’.

Characters & Entities

• Paśupati (Śiva)
• Nepal (Naipāla)
• Pāśupata Yoga
• Pinākin (Śiva)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is affirmed as a seat of Śaiva revelation—where Śiva’s own yogic path (Pāśupata) is transmitted for liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Kāśī location associated with Paśupati and the instruction of Pāśupata Yoga by Śiva (Pinākin).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights doctrinal sanctity—Pāśupata Yoga being taught here.