Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

वयं पिंगाक्षविश्वासादस्मिन्मार्गेऽकुतोभयाः । यातायातं सदा कुर्मः स च दूर इतो वनात्

Transliteration

vayaṃ piṃgākṣaviśvāsādasminmārge'kutobhayāḥ | yātāyātaṃ sadā kurmaḥ sa ca dūra ito vanāt

Translation

Par notre confiance en Piṅgākṣa, nous sommes sans crainte sur cette route. Nous allons et venons sans cesse, et il n’est pas loin de cette forêt.

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), बहुवचन (plural), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative, 1st case)

• पिंगाक्षविश्वासात्: from trust in Piṅgākṣa
• पिंगाक्षविश्वासात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिंगाक्ष + विश्वास (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (ablative, 5th case); हेतौ (cause): ‘पिंगाक्षे विश्वासात्’ (from trust in Piṅgākṣa)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), एकवचन (singular), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative, 7th case)

• मार्गे: on the path
• मार्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative, 7th case)

• अकुतोभयाः: fearless (from any side)
• अकुतोभयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकुतोभय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), बहुवचन (plural), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative, 1st case); विशेषण (adjective) to वयम्

• यातायातम्: going and coming / travel
• यातायातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात + आयात (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative, 2nd case); ‘going and coming’ (iterative movement)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• कुर्मः: we do
• कुर्मः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (plural)

• सः: he / that (one)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative, 1st case)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दूरः: far
• दूरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative, 1st case); विशेषण (adjective) to सः

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (adverb of place): ‘from here’

• वनात्: from the forest
• वनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (ablative, 5th case)

Speaker

Kārpaṭikāḥ (the travelers/mendicants)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī/Avimukta (narrative perimeter)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims declare they are fearless due to trust in Piṅgākṣa; the road is shown as frequently traversed, with the sense that their protector is nearby though unseen.

Characters & Entities

• Piṅgākṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Trust in a righteous protector (and by extension divine order) removes fear on the journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; it references a route and forest in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.