Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

वाचि चेतसि सर्वत्र यस्य देवो जनार्दनः । स एव सर्वदा वंद्यो नररूपी जनार्दनः

Transliteration

vāci cetasi sarvatra yasya devo janārdanaḥ | sa eva sarvadā vaṃdyo nararūpī janārdanaḥ

Translation

Celui pour qui le divin Janārdana est présent partout—dans la parole et dans l’esprit—est à jamais digne de vénération, car Janārdana lui-même demeure en lui sous forme humaine.

Word by Word

• वाचि: in speech
• वाचि: Adhikarana (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• चेतसि: in the mind
• चेतसि: Adhikarana (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place: everywhere)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• देवः: god
• देवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जनार्दनः: Janardana (Vishnu)
• जनार्दनः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; देवः इति समानाधिकरणम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (always)

• वन्द्यः: worthy of worship
• वन्द्यः: Predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सः)

• नररूपी: in human form
• नररूपी: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नर-रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समास: नरस्य रूपम् अस्य (having human form)

• जनार्दनः: Janardana
• जनार्दनः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वन्द्यः इति समानाधिकरणम्

Speaker

Nārada (continuing speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A saintly figure walking through Kāśī; wherever he looks, subtle forms of Janārdana appear in speech-scrolls and thought-lotus; townspeople bow, recognizing the divine within him.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Constant remembrance of the Lord in thought and speech makes a person worthy of reverence as a living seat of the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse emphasizes inner devotion consistent with Kāśī’s liberation-focused ethos.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice: continual smaraṇa and nāma in mind and speech; no formal external ritual is specified.