Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

शार्ङ्गिणं ये परित्यज्य देवमन्यमुपासते । ते सद्भिश्च बहिष्कार्या वेदहीना यथा द्विजाः

Transliteration

śārṅgiṇaṃ ye parityajya devamanyamupāsate | te sadbhiśca bahiṣkāryā vedahīnā yathā dvijāḥ

Translation

Mereka yang meninggalkan Śārṅgin (Viṣṇu, pemegang busur Śārṅga) lalu memuja dewa lain—hendaknya dijauhi oleh orang saleh, laksana kaum dvija yang tanpa Veda.

Word by Word

• śārṅgiṇam: Śārṅgin (Viṣṇu, bearer of Śārṅga bow)
• śārṅgiṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śārṅgin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √tyaj (त्यज्) + pari- (उपसर्ग) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; अव्ययीभाव-रूप)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having abandoned’

• devam: a god
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anyam: another
• anyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (devam इति)

• upāsate: worship
• upāsate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√ās (आस्) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• sadbhiḥ: by the good (people)
• sadbhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• bahiṣkāryāḥ: to be expelled/excluded
• bahiṣkāryāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahiṣkārya (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण, √kṛ (कृ) + बाहिष्/बहिः + ण्यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective): ‘to be excluded’

• veda-hīnāḥ: devoid of the Veda
• veda-hīnāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + hīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (वेदेन हीनाः)

• yathā: as/like
• yathā: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा/तुलना-बोधक (comparative particle)

• dvijāḥ: twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Upameya (Compared entity/उपमेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced from immediate narrative context in the same adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya (contextual) / Kāśī (textual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral-judgment scene: sages in assembly gesture toward a figure turning away from Viṣṇu’s icon; a symbolic ‘Veda’ manuscript and sacred thread indicate the analogy of a dvija without Veda; the atmosphere is stern, emphasizing dharma-boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Śārṅgin (Viṣṇu)
• Veda
• Dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It asserts exclusive allegiance to Śārṅgin (Viṣṇu) and frames abandonment of him as a serious deviation from righteous, Veda-aligned conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse is part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa discourse rather than a tirtha description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual; it prescribes social-religious boundary-making by the righteous (sadbhiḥ) regarding worship practice.