Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

अन्यास्ति काश्यां वाराही क्रतुवाराहसन्निधौ । तां प्रणम्य नरो भक्त्या विपदब्धौ न मज्जति

Transliteration

anyāsti kāśyāṃ vārāhī kratuvārāhasannidhau | tāṃ praṇamya naro bhaktyā vipadabdhau na majjati

Translation

Another Goddess in Kāśī is Vārāhī, near Kratuvārāha; having bowed to her with devotion, a person does not sink in the ocean of misfortunes.

Word by Word

• अन्या: another
• अन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• वाराही: Vārāhī (goddess)
• वाराही: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपद

• क्रतुवाराहसन्निधौ: near the Kratuvārāha (shrine/manifestation)
• क्रतुवाराहसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु-वाराह + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; (क्रतुवाराहस्य सन्निधौ)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रणम्य: having bowed (to)
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययीभाव-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bowed)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण

• विपदब्धौ: in the ocean of calamity
• विपदब्धौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपद् + अब्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; (विपदाम् अब्धौ)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• मज्जति: sinks
• मज्जति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varāhī (near Kratuvārāha)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Near a Varāha-associated shrine, Varāhī Devī stands as guardian; a devotee bows, while stylized waves of misfortune recede like an ocean calmed by her presence.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Vārāhī
• Kratuvārāha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional reverence to the kṣetra’s protective forms of the Goddess rescues the devotee from adversity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, specifically the vicinity of Kratuvārāha where Vārāhī is venerated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (bowing) to Vārāhī Devī with bhakti, especially at her shrine near Kratuvārāha.