Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

यत्र न ज्ञायते कालो गतोपि दनुजादिभिः । वनानि नद्यो रम्याणि सदंभांसि सरांसि च

Transliteration

yatra na jñāyate kālo gatopi danujādibhiḥ | vanāni nadyo ramyāṇi sadaṃbhāṃsi sarāṃsi ca

Translation

Là, bien que les âges s’écoulent pour les Dānavas et les autres, le temps n’y est point senti ; et l’on y trouve des forêts et des rivières charmantes, ainsi que des lacs aux eaux toujours abondantes.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध-प्रदर्शक (relative adverb: where)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• ज्ञायते: is known/perceived
• ज्ञायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is known)

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गतः: gone, passed
• गतः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; गम् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/समुच्चय (even)

• दनुजादिभिः: by the Dānavas and others
• दनुजादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दनुज (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (दनुजाः आदयः येषां ते)

• वनानि: forests
• वनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• रम्याणि: beautiful, delightful
• रम्याणि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (वनानि/सरांसि)

• सदंभांसि: with pride/ostentation (as read)
• सदंभांसि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग) + दम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; (पाठान्तर/दुर्लभ-रूप)

• सरांसि: lakes
• सरांसि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vast subterranean landscapes: emerald forests, crystal rivers, lotus-filled lakes brimming perpetually; Dānava beings strolling without sense of passing ages; a subtle motif of hidden clocks or absent shadows.

Characters & Entities

• Pātāla
• Danuja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pleasurable realms can make time feel unnoticeable, but such enchantment remains within worldly experience, contrasted elsewhere with the lasting merit of dharma and tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate subject is Pātāla’s landscape; the chapter context belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s larger sacred-geography teaching centered on Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.