Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

अविमुक्त समं क्षेत्रमपि ब्रह्मांडगोलके । न विद्यते क्वचित्सत्यं सत्यं साधकसिद्धिदम्

Transliteration

avimukta samaṃ kṣetramapi brahmāṃḍagolake | na vidyate kvacitsatyaṃ satyaṃ sādhakasiddhidam

Translation

In the entire sphere of the cosmos there exists no sacred region equal to Avimukta—this is the truth, the truth—for it bestows accomplishment upon spiritual aspirants.

Word by Word

• avimukta: Avimukta (named)
• avimukta: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avimukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम-विशेषण), द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (क्षेत्रम् इति)

• samam: equal
• samam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kṣetram: place/field
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: even/also)

• brahmāṇḍagolake: in the sphere of the universe
• brahmāṇḍagolake: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmāṇḍa + golaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्माण्डस्य गोलकः)

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

• vidyate: exists
• vidyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्तरि (exists)

• kvacit: anywhere
• kvacit: Adhikarana (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (anywhere/ever)

• satyam: truly
• satyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (समं क्षेत्रम् इति)

• satyam: indeed
• satyam: Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन नपुंसक-एकवचन-प्रयोगः; वाक्ये निश्चयार्थक (indeclinable-like: indeed)

• sādhakasiddhidam: bestowing accomplishment to practitioners
• sādhakasiddhidam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sādhaka + siddhi + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (साधकानां सिद्धिं ददाति)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic map-like vision: the brahmāṇḍa as a sphere with countless tīrthas, yet Avimukta shines at the center like a radiant bindu; sādhakas meditate, receiving siddhi as light descending from Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Avimukta
• Brahmāṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Avimukta is proclaimed uniquely powerful: it accelerates spiritual accomplishment and stands unrivaled among holy places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it asserts the kṣetra’s intrinsic capacity to grant siddhi to practitioners.