Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तीर्थांतराणि सर्वाणि भूमीवलयगान्यपि । असिसंभेदतीर्थस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्

Transliteration

tīrthāṃtarāṇi sarvāṇi bhūmīvalayagānyapi | asisaṃbhedatīrthasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm

Translation

Todos los demás tīrthas —aun los extendidos por todo el círculo de la tierra— no alcanzan ni la decimosexta parte de la gloria del Tīrtha de Asi-saṃbheda.

Word by Word

• तीर्थान्तराणि: other sacred places
• तीर्थान्तराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘other tīrthas’

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भूमीवलयगानि: spread over the whole world
• भूमीवलयगानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक) + वलय (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘going/located in the earth-circle (world)’

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि ‘even/also’

• असिसंभेदतीर्थस्य: of the Asi-saṃbheda sacred place
• असिसंभेदतीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि (प्रातिपदिक) + संभेद (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘of the Asi-saṃbheda tīrtha’

• कलाम्: a fraction/part
• कलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

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

• अर्हन्ति: are worthy of/amount to
• अर्हन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• षोडशीम्: a sixteenth (part)
• षोडशीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ordinal-like usage ‘sixteenth’ qualifying कलाम्

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Asi-saṃbheda Tīrtha

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni addressed within the Kāśī-tīrtha discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, the Gaṅgā meets the Asi; the confluence glows with a subtle divine fissure/light, while distant tīrthas across the earth fade in comparison as tiny vignettes.

Characters & Entities

• Asi-saṃbheda Tīrtha
• Kāśī
• Gaṅgā
• Asi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa asserts Kāśī’s unparalleled sanctity by ranking its confluence-tīrtha above all other pilgrimage sites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Asi-saṃbheda Tīrtha—understood within Kāśī’s sacred topography around the Gaṅgā–Asi meeting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the verse provides a comparative māhātmya to inspire pilgrimage and worship there.