Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा विलोक्येशं विमलो जायते नरः । तत्र पाशुपतः सिद्धस्त्र्यंबको नाम नामतः

Transliteration

tatra snātvā vilokyeśaṃ vimalo jāyate naraḥ | tatra pāśupataḥ siddhastryaṃbako nāma nāmataḥ

Translation

En s’y baignant et en contemplant le Seigneur, l’homme devient purifié. Là se trouve aussi un siddha pāśupata, renommé sous le nom de Tryaṃbaka.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु; √स्ना)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

• विलोक्य: having seen
• विलोक्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लोक् (धातु; √लोक् + वि)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• ईशम्: the Lord (Śiva)
• ईशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विमलः: pure
• विमलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of नरः)

• जायते: is born / becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• पाशुपतः: Pāśupata (Śaiva)
• पाशुपतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाशुपत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of सिद्धः)

• सिद्धः: a perfected one (siddha)
• सिद्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; √सिध्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्र्यम्बकः: Tryambaka
• त्र्यम्बकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-अम्बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name/epithet)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक (quotative/‘by name’)

• नामतः: as to the name / nominally
• नामतः: Sambandha (Specification)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (in respect of name)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimalodaka-kuṇḍa; Vimal(e)śa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a clear pond named Vimalodaka, a pilgrim bathes and then beholds Vimal(e)śa; nearby sits the Pāśupata siddha Tryaṃbaka in ash-smeared austerity, blessing seekers.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Vimaleśa
• Vimalodaka
• Pāśupata
• Tryaṃbaka (siddha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī purifies through both tīrtha practice (snāna) and devotion (īśa-darśana), and it is also portrayed as a land of realized Śaiva adepts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vimaleśa/Vimalodaka sacred complex, along with the presence of the siddha Tryaṃbaka in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathed there and then perform darśana of the Lord (vilokya īśam).