Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

इति रूढिमिह प्राप्तास्तव पूर्वपितामहाः । त्यक्त्वा दुर्वृत्तसंसर्गं साधुसंगरतो भव

Transliteration

iti rūḍhimiha prāptāstava pūrvapitāmahāḥ | tyaktvā durvṛttasaṃsargaṃ sādhusaṃgarato bhava

Translation

Demikianlah tradisi yang mapan ini dahulu dicapai di sini oleh para leluhurmu. Tinggalkan pergaulan dengan yang berperilaku buruk, dan jadilah tekun dalam sādhusaṅga (pergaulan orang suci).

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यादि-उक्त्यर्थक-निपात (quotative particle)

• रूढिम्: custom, established practice
• रूढिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूढि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/प्रसङ्ग-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: here/in this matter)

• प्राप्ताः: (they) attained/obtained
• प्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √प्राप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्रियापदवत् (finite-sense: ‘have attained’)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूर्वपितामहाः: former forefathers/grandfathers
• पूर्वपितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/क्त्वान्त), पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (having abandoned)

• दुर्वृत्तसंसर्गम्: association with the wicked
• दुर्वृत्तसंसर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक) + संसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• साधुसंगरतः: delighting in the company of the good
• साधुसंगरतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक) + संग (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying the addressed person)

• भव: become / be
• भव: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) narrating to Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: son/young householder

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A father/elder points toward two paths: one leading to a noisy tavern-like crowd (duḥsaṅga), the other to a calm assembly of sages near a temple courtyard; ancestral portraits or lineage symbols behind him.

Characters & Entities

• forefathers

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Character is shaped by company; dharma requires leaving corrupt influence and seeking sādhu-saṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Kāśī as the sacred ‘here’ (iha) of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, presenting Kāśī as a seat of inherited dharmic culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is an ethical injunction regarding association (saṅga).