Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अमृतेश्वर नामापि ये काश्यां परिगृह्णते । न तेषामुपसर्गोत्थं भयं क्वापि भविष्यति

Transliteration

amṛteśvara nāmāpi ye kāśyāṃ parigṛhṇate | na teṣāmupasargotthaṃ bhayaṃ kvāpi bhaviṣyati

Translation

Bahkan mereka yang di Kāśī hanya menyebut dan memegang nama “Amṛteśvara”, tidak akan ditimpa rasa takut yang lahir dari gangguan dan malapetaka, di mana pun juga.

Word by Word

• अमृतेश्वर: of Amṛteśvara
• अमृतेश्वर: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृतेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘अमृतेश्वर-नाम’ इत्यर्थे सम्बन्ध

• नाम: the name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अपि: even / also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• परिगृह्णते: accept / take up
• परिगृह्णते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• उपसर्गोत्थम्: arising from afflictions/obstacles
• उपसर्गोत्थम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपसर्ग + उत्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः (उपसर्गात् उत्थम्)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• क्वापि: anywhere
• क्वापि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चित-स्थानवाचक

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa instruction to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛteśvara (nāma in Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General audience of sages/pilgrims; statement framed as a universal assurance

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Kāśī softly repeats ‘Amṛteśvara’ while walking near a ghāṭa; dark storm-clouds of calamity recede behind, replaced by a clear protective aura around the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Amṛteśvara
• Kāśī (Varanasi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nāma (the divine name) is presented as a direct refuge—devotional remembrance grants fearlessness and spiritual protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is explicitly named as the place where taking up Amṛteśvara’s name bears special protective fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-grahaṇa (reverent utterance/acceptance of the name), effectively a form of japa or devotional remembrance.