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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

किमेतदखिलमज्ञात्वा समागच्छत सत्वरम् । द्वित्राः पवित्रचरणात्प्राप्यानुज्ञां गुरोरथ । समाचख्युः समागम्य दृष्ट्वर्द्धि तत्पुरौकसाम्

Transliteration

kimetadakhilamajñātvā samāgacchata satvaram | dvitrāḥ pavitracaraṇātprāpyānujñāṃ guroratha | samācakhyuḥ samāgamya dṛṣṭvarddhi tatpuraukasām

Translation

«Sans même savoir ce qu’est tout cela, revenez au plus vite.» Alors deux ou trois, ayant reçu la permission du guru aux pieds sanctifiés, partirent puis revinrent ; et de retour, ils rapportèrent ce qu’ils avaient vu : la prospérité des gens de la cité.

Word by Word
किम्what
किम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (interrogative: “what?”)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (demonstrative: “this”)
अखिलम्entire
अखिलम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण
अज्ञात्वाwithout knowing / having not known
अज्ञात्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Root√ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): “having not known” (with negation implied by context)
समागच्छतcome (together)
समागच्छत:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + √गम् (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
सत्वरम्quickly
सत्वरम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययभावे द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative): “quickly”
द्वित्राःtwo or three (persons)
द्वित्राः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि + त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (द्वौ वा त्रयः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (some two or three)
पवित्रचरणात्from the holy feet
पवित्रचरणात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र + चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (पवित्रः चरणः); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (ablative: “from the holy feet”)
प्राप्यhaving obtained
प्राप्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + √आप् (धातु) → प्राप्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): “having obtained”
अनुज्ञाम्permission
अनुज्ञाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअनुज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
गुरोःof the teacher
गुरोः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive: “of the teacher”)
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)
समाचख्युःthey reported
समाचख्युः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + √चक्ष्/√ख्या (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; “they reported/told”
समागम्यhaving approached
समागम्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + √गम् (धातु) → समागम्य (ल्यप्)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): “having come together/approached”
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): “having seen”
ऋद्धिम्prosperity
ऋद्धिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootऋद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
तत्of those
तत्:
Sambandha (Determinative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम-विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, (समासपूर्वपदत्वे) अव्ययवत्; “that” (referring to those)
पुरौकसाम्of the city-dwellers
पुरौकसाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपुर + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive: “of the city-dwellers”)
Speaker

Narrator (with Vyāsa’s instruction embedded)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-ṛṣis (frame) / guru and disciples (inner)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered guru instructs disciples to return quickly; two or three disciples bow, depart through Kāśī lanes, then return describing the townspeople’s prosperity.

Characters & Entities
V
Vyāsa
D
disciples
K
Kāśī townspeople (puraukasaḥ)

FAQs

In sacred narratives, appearances can mislead; careful observation and truthful reporting clarify dharmic puzzles.

Kāśī, where prosperity and divine protection are recurrent themes of the māhātmya.

None; the verse emphasizes guru’s permission (anujñā) and disciplined conduct of disciples.

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