Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

अन्यत्र ये व्रतं चैतत्करिष्यंति सदाशिव । ते कथं पूजयिष्यंति मां च आशाविनायकम्

Transliteration

anyatra ye vrataṃ caitatkariṣyaṃti sadāśiva | te kathaṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti māṃ ca āśāvināyakam

Translation

Ô Sadāśiva, ceux qui accompliront ce vœu en un autre lieu, comment m’adoreront-ils, et comment honoreront-ils aussi Āśāvināyaka ?

Word by Word

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: elsewhere)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• व्रतम्: vow
• व्रतम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karman-visheshana (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (demonstrative)

• करिष्यन्ति: will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• सदाशिव: O Sadāśiva
• सदाशिव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदाशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सदा शिवः)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संकेतक (correlative pronoun)

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• आशाविनायकम्: Āśāvināyaka (Vināyaka of hopes)
• आशाविनायकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा (प्रातिपदिक) + विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आशायाः विनायकः)

Speaker

Śivā (Pārvatī) (inferred from immediate narrative: she questions Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āśāvināyaka (within Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī asks Sadāśiva about practitioners who undertake the vow outside Kāśī: how they should worship her and Āśāvināyaka.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Āśāvināyaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship is linked to place and lineage of practice—devotees seek correct method when rites are done away from the primary sacred center.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī implicitly, through the mention of Āśāvināyaka, a Vināyaka associated with Kāśī’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of ‘this vow’ (the chapter’s vrata) and the associated pūjā of the goddess (‘mām’) and Āśāvināyaka.