Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

सर्वे मुक्तिं गमिष्यंति यदि देवेह मानवाः । केदारकुंडे सुस्नातास्तदोच्छित्तिर्भविष्यति

Transliteration

sarve muktiṃ gamiṣyaṃti yadi deveha mānavāḥ | kedārakuṃḍe susnātāstadocchittirbhaviṣyati

Translation

Si, en ce lieu vraiment divin, tous les hommes se baignaient pleinement dans le Kedārakuṇḍa, tous iraient à la délivrance; et ainsi la continuité du monde prendrait fin.

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गमिष्यन्ति: will attain; will go to
• गमिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Simple Future, 3rd person plural

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्त/सम्बन्ध) — Conditional particle ‘if’

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — Indeclinable ‘here’

• मानवाः: humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केदारकुण्डे: in the Kedāra pool
• केदारकुण्डे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kedāra + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: केदार-कुण्ड (तत्पुरुष: ‘Kedāra-pond’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7/अधिकरण), एकवचन — Locative, Singular

• सुस्नाताः: having bathed well
• सुस्नाताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + snāta (कृदन्त from √snā ‘to bathe’ + kta)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — PPP used adjectivally ‘well-bathed’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — Indeclinable ‘then’

• उच्छित्तिः: cessation; eradication
• उच्छित्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ucchitti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be; will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Simple Future, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśī Khaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedārakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kedārakuṇḍa: a powerful sacred pool with Śiva’s presence felt; a visionary tableau where multitudes bathe and ascend as liberated lights, while the cosmos quiets—symbolizing ‘world’s continuance would end’.

Characters & Entities

• Kedārakuṇḍa
• Mukti (liberation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kedārakuṇḍa is depicted as extraordinarily mokṣa-bestowing; its grace is so powerful it is rhetorically said to threaten worldly continuity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakuṇḍa (Kedāra-kunda) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Susnāna—proper ritual bathing in Kedārakuṇḍa for liberation.