Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तेभ्योपि न बिभेषि त्वं शुद्धोस्युभय वंशतः । पश्यैतान्प्रतिवेश्मस्थान्ब्राह्मणानां कुमारकान्

Transliteration

tebhyopi na bibheṣi tvaṃ śuddhosyubhaya vaṃśataḥ | paśyaitānprativeśmasthānbrāhmaṇānāṃ kumārakān

Translation

¿Ni siquiera a ellos temes, siendo de linaje puro por ambos lados? Mira a estos muchachos de los brāhmaṇas, que viven en las casas vecinas.

Word by Word

• tebhyaḥ: from them
• tebhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम = from them

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि) = also/even

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

• bibheṣi: you fear
• bibheṣi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhī (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: भी = to fear

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śuddhaḥ: pure
• śuddhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण (tvam)

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: अस् = to be

• ubhaya: both
• ubhaya: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ubhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (अव्ययवत्-विशेषण) / समासपूर्वपद; विशेषण (vaṃśataḥ) = on both sides

• vaṃśataḥ: by lineage
• vaṃśataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative) एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे/तसिल्-प्रयोग: ‘वंशतः’ = by lineage/from lineage

• paśya: see!
• paśya: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paś (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: पश्य्/दृश् = to see

• etān: these
• etān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• prativeśmasthān: living in neighboring houses
• prativeśmasthān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-veśma-stha (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन; विशेषण (kumārakān); समास: प्रति + वेश्म + स्थ = dwelling in neighboring houses

• brāhmaṇānām: of Brahmins
• brāhmaṇānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• kumārakān: boys/young lads
• kumārakān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified admonisher in narrative (within Skanda’s Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse to Agastya-context)

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Noble birth is not an excuse for arrogance; one should cultivate restraint and learn from disciplined, virtuous peers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography, but no particular tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a social-ethical exhortation toward humility and good conduct.