Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

यत्र क्षेत्रप्रविष्टानां नराणां निश्चितात्मनाम् । न बाधतेऽघनिचयः प्राप्येत च परोवृषः

Transliteration

yatra kṣetrapraviṣṭānāṃ narāṇāṃ niścitātmanām | na bādhate'ghanicayaḥ prāpyeta ca parovṛṣaḥ

Translation

Dans ce champ sacré, pour les hommes qui y sont entrés l’âme résolue, l’amas des péchés ne les tourmente pas, et l’on atteint le Taureau suprême, Śiva.

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-देशवाचक (where)

• kṣetra-praviṣṭānām: of those who have entered the sacred field
• kṣetra-praviṣṭānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + praviṣṭa (कृदन्त; pra- + √viś विश् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (क्षेत्रे प्रविष्टाः) बहुव्रीहिवत्-प्रयोगः; 'narāṇām' इति विशेषण

• narāṇām: of men
• narāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• niścita-ātmanām: of those whose minds are resolved
• niścita-ātmanām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścita (कृदन्त; √ci चि + नि- + क्त) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-सामर्थ्ये (निश्चितः आत्मा येषाम्) बहुव्रीह्यर्थक-विशेषण; 'narāṇām' इति विशेषण

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

• bādhate: afflicts / troubles
• bādhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bādh (बाध्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• agha-nicayaḥ: a mass of sin
• agha-nicayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक) + nicaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अघस्य निचयः)

• prāpyeta: may be attained
• prāpyeta: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्) with pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः सम्भाव्य (may be attained)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• paraḥ: supreme
• paraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'vṛṣaḥ' इति विशेषण

• vṛṣaḥ: the highest good / Dharma (as 'vṛṣa')
• vṛṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; धर्म/श्रेष्ठत्ववाचक (contextual)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī/Ānandakānana (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The addressed seeker/pilgrim

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim crosses an invisible threshold into the Kāśī-kṣetra; dark smoke-like ‘pāpa’ dissipates behind him while ahead a radiant Śiva appears with Nandi symbolism (bull banner), signifying ‘paro vṛṣaḥ’ attained.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī-kṣetra
• Śiva (Paro Vṛṣa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s kṣetra-power works for the resolute seeker: sin’s burden loosens and Śiva-realization becomes attainable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-kṣetra (Vārāṇasī), especially in connection with Viśveśvara and the Ānandakānana setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering the sacred kṣetra with niścaya (firm resolve) is the implied discipline; no separate dāna/snān/japa is specified in this verse.