Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

औषधान्यपि यच्छं ति तत्पीडाशमनानि हि । नानाकलाः शिक्षयंति विद्यागर्वविवर्जिताः

Transliteration

auṣadhānyapi yacchaṃ ti tatpīḍāśamanāni hi | nānākalāḥ śikṣayaṃti vidyāgarvavivarjitāḥ

Translation

Ils donnent aussi des remèdes qui apaisent réellement ces souffrances. Libres de l’orgueil du savoir, ils enseignent de nombreux arts.

Word by Word

• औषधानि: medicines
• औषधानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: auṣadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neut. acc. pl.)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: also/even)

• यच्छन्ति: they give
• यच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम्/यच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd pl. pres.)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (neut. gen. sg.); सर्वनाम (of that)

• पीडा: pain/affliction
• पीडा: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (fem. gen. sg.)

• शमनानि: alleviating remedies
• शमनानि: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neut. acc. pl.); ‘निवारक’ (remedies)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतौ (particle: indeed/for)

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nānā (अव्यय/विशेषण)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषणार्थे (various)

• कलाः: arts/skills
• कलाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (fem. acc. pl.)

• शिक्षयन्ति: they teach
• शिक्षयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शिक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd pl. pres.)

• विद्यागर्वविवर्जिताः: free from pride of learning
• विद्यागर्वविवर्जिताः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidyā + garva + vivarjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masc. nom. pl.); विशेषण; तृतीया/पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषभावः ‘विद्यागर्वेण विवर्जित’ (devoid of pride of learning)

Speaker

Gaṇas (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vidyādhara-loka (as described)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śivaśarmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vidyādharas offer healing herbs and prepared medicines to sufferers; nearby, they instruct students in diverse arts—music, painting, crafts—without pride, faces serene.

Characters & Entities

• Vidyādharas
• Auṣadhi (medicine)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True knowledge expresses itself as compassionate healing and humble teaching, not as arrogance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This describes the ethos of the Vidyādhara realm encountered in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa journey.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Practical dharma is emphasized: offering medicine and instruction; no formal ritual is specified.