Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

व्यासो विश्वेशभवनं समायातः सुहृष्टवत् । ज्ञानवापी पुरोभागे महाभागवतैः सह

Transliteration

vyāso viśveśabhavanaṃ samāyātaḥ suhṛṣṭavat | jñānavāpī purobhāge mahābhāgavataiḥ saha

Translation

Vyāsa, transporté d’une grande allégresse, parvint à la demeure de Viśveśvara ; avec de grands dévots, il s’avança jusqu’au devant de Jñānavāpī.

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विश्वेश: of Viśveśa (Lord of the universe)
• विश्वेश: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — 'विश्वेशस्य' (in compound)

• भवनम्: abode; temple
• भवनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः— 'विश्वेशस्य भवनम्'

• समायातः: arrived
• समायातः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + सम्-आ- (उपसर्गौ) → समायात (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः, 'आगतः' (finite sense)

• सुहृष्टवत्: as if very delighted
• सुहृष्टवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग) + हृष् (धातु) → हृष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial) — 'सुहृष्ट इव'

• ज्ञान: knowledge
• ज्ञान: Sambandha (Relation within compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• वापी: Jñānavāpī (the well/pond named so)
• वापी: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वापी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'ज्ञानवापी' (स्थलनाम)

• पुरोभागे: in the front; ahead
• पुरोभागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरः (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः— 'पुरः भागे' = 'अग्रे'

• महाभागवतैः: with great devotees
• महाभागवतैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भागवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः— 'महान्तः भागवताः'

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (with)

Speaker

Narrator within Kāśīkhaṇḍa (deduced: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jñānavāpī (within Kāśī)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Vyāsa, radiant with joy, arrives with a group of great devotees at the forecourt of Jñānavāpī, facing the abode of Viśveśvara; temple lamps and the well’s presence mark the sacred threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Viśveśvara
• Jñānavāpī
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching Kāśī’s Viśveśvara with devotion and holy company (satsaṅga) intensifies spiritual joy and supports liberation-oriented practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jñānavāpī and the abode/temple of Viśveśvara in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit injunction is stated, but the pilgrimage motif implies darśana of Viśveśvara and reverent approach to Jñānavāpī in the company of devotees.