Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 190

Devanagari script

अद्य प्रभृति न क्षेत्रे मदीये शापवर्जिते । आवस क्रोधन मुने न वासे योग्यतात्र ते

Transliteration

adya prabhṛti na kṣetre madīye śāpavarjite | āvasa krodhana mune na vāse yogyatātra te

Translation

“From today onward, O wrathful sage, you are not to dwell in My sacred Field, which is free from curses. In this abode you are not fit to reside.”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: today)

• प्रभृति: from (this time) onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भवाचक (from/beginning with)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन (singular)

• मदीये: in my (own)
• मदीये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with क्षेत्रे)

• शापवर्जिते: free from curse
• शापवर्जिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त; √वर्ज् त्यक्तौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; बहिर्गत-तत्पुरुष (शापेन वर्जितम् = free from curse); विशेषण (agreeing with क्षेत्रे)

• आवस: dwell (you)
• आवस: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु; निवासे)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative); मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

• क्रोधन: O angry one
• क्रोधन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative); एकवचन; विशेषण (addressing the sage)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative); एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• वासे: in residence/dwelling
• वासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (locative)

• योग्यता: fitness/eligibility
• योग्यता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

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

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context of divine governance of Kāśī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern, luminous Śiva (or the presiding kṣetra-devatā) issues a command of exclusion to a wrathful sage at the threshold of Kāśī’s sacred boundary; the city’s ghāṭs and spires glow behind, while the sage stands halted, chastened.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Kṣetra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is upheld as a uniquely protected sacred realm; improper dispositions like uncontrolled anger are incompatible with residence in such a holy kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-kṣetra (Vārāṇasī), described as ‘śāpavarjita’—beyond the reach of ordinary curses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes moral qualification (adhikāra) for dwelling in the sacred area.