Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

शिष्यं विनयकीर्तिं तं महाविनयभूषणम्

Transliteration

śiṣyaṃ vinayakīrtiṃ taṃ mahāvinayabhūṣaṇam

Translation

Ce disciple, Vinayakīrti, était paré d’une grande humilité et d’une discipline exemplaire.

Word by Word

• शिष्यम्: disciple
• शिष्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विनयकीर्तिम्: Vinayakīrti (proper name)
• विनयकीर्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनयकीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक; विनय + कीर्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (नाम/विशेष्य)

• तम्: him, that one
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महा: great
• महा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-पूर्वपद; समासे विशेषण (great)

• विनय: discipline, humility
• विनय: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• भूषणम्: ornament, adornment
• भूषणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-समासान्त (as predicate/apposition)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; narrative description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vinayakīrti stands or sits slightly behind his teacher, hands folded, eyes lowered in respectful attention—embodying disciplined humility.

Characters & Entities

• Vinayakīrti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual beauty is humility and disciplined conduct (vinaya), presented as the finest ‘ornament’ of a seeker.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Kāśī’s Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where virtues like vinaya are upheld as integral to sacred life.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is character-description emphasizing ethical discipline.