Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तयोरित्थं विचरतोस्त्रिलोचनसमीपतः । अगाद्बहुतिथः कालो द्विजयोः साधुचेष्टयोः

Transliteration

tayoritthaṃ vicaratostrilocanasamīpataḥ | agādbahutithaḥ kālo dvijayoḥ sādhuceṣṭayoḥ

Translation

Ainsi, tandis que ces deux oiseaux « deux fois nés » allaient et venaient près de Trilocana, un long temps s’écoula pour eux, adonnés à une conduite si vertueuse.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (genitive dual)

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• विचरतोः: while roaming
• विचरतोः: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चर् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी, द्विवचन; ‘while (they) were roaming’

• त्रिलोचनसमीपतः: near Triloċana (Śiva)
• त्रिलोचनसमीपतः: Adhikarana (Proximity/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिलोचन (प्रातिपदिक) + समीप (प्रातिपदिक) + तः (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘from/near’; समासः—त्रिलोचनस्य समीपात् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• अगात्: passed/went by
• अगात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• बहुतिथः: consisting of many days
• बहुतिथः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + तिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—बह्व्यः तिथयः यस्य (बहुव्रीहि-अर्थे)

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

• द्विजयोः: of the two birds
• द्विजयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• साधुचेष्टयोः: of good conduct
• साधुचेष्टयोः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक) + चेष्टा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; समासः—साध्वी चेष्टा यस्य (कर्मधारयः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) speaking to Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trilocana (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied brāhmaṇa interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A time-lapse-like sense: seasons passing around a temple; two birds repeatedly seen near the three-eyed Śiva shrine, calm and habituated to devotional surroundings.

Characters & Entities

• Trilocana (Śiva)
• pigeons/birds (dvija, poetic)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistency over time in a sacred place matures devotion into virtue and spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Trilocana’s vicinity in Kāśī, presented as a spiritually potent dwelling-place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on sustained proximity to the shrine and ongoing good conduct.