Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

यावच्छरीरमरुजं यावन्नेंद्रियविप्लवः । तावत्त्रिलोचनं काश्यामनर्च्याश्नामि नाण्वपि

Transliteration

yāvaccharīramarujaṃ yāvanneṃdriyaviplavaḥ | tāvattrilocanaṃ kāśyāmanarcyāśnāmi nāṇvapi

Translation

So long as my body remains free from illness and my senses do not fail, I shall not eat even a morsel without first worshiping Trilocana in Kāśī.

Word by Word

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक; 'as long as')

• śarīram: body
• śarīram: Adhikaraṇa (State/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• arujam: free from illness
• arujam: Karta (Qualifier of śarīram)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-ruj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-समास-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (Neuter, Nominative, Singular; 'without disease')

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक; 'as long as')

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

• indriyaviplavaḥ: disturbance of the senses
• indriyaviplavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक) + viplava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: इन्द्रियाणां विप्लवः) (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• tāvat: until then
• tāvat: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तावत्—तावदवधि; 'until then/so long')

• trilocanam: Trilocana (Śiva)
• trilocanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trilocana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular; proper epithet of Śiva)

• kāśyām: in Kāśī
• kāśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)

• anarcyā: without worshipping
• anarcyā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: an-arcya (√arc, कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) नञ्-पूर्वकः; 'without worshipping'

• aśnāmi: I eat
• aśnāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √aś (धा॒तु)
• Form: लट् (परस्मैपद), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, Parasmaipada, 1st person, Singular)

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

• aṇu: a bit
• aṇu: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; 'a little')

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; 'even')

Speaker

Skanda (narrating the vow; vow voiced by Parimalālaya within Skanda’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trilocana in Kāśī

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at dawn in Kāśī offers flowers and water to Trilocana, then sits with a simple meal untouched, indicating he will not eat without worship; the shrine lamp glows beside the Ganga breeze.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Trilocana (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily life becomes sādhana when nourishment is preceded by worship—placing Śiva and Kāśī at the center of routine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is explicitly named as the place where Trilocana is to be worshiped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A vrata-like rule: do not eat until after worshiping Trilocana in Kāśī.