Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तदंघ्रिलीनमनसो मम साक्षी महेश्वरः । न चर्तुस्नातयापीह मुखं दुष्टस्य वीक्षितम्

Transliteration

tadaṃghrilīnamanaso mama sākṣī maheśvaraḥ | na cartusnātayāpīha mukhaṃ duṣṭasya vīkṣitam

Translation

その御足に心を沈めるこの私にとって、マヘーシュヴァラこそ証人である。ここでは、「四度の沐浴」で清められた者でさえ、悪しき者の顔を見つめはしなかった。

Word by Word

• तत्: of him/that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• अङ्घ्रि: in/at the feet
• अङ्घ्रि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्घ्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (locative)

• लीन: absorbed, merged
• लीन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ली (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘लीन’ = merged/absorbed

• मनसः: of (my) mind
• मनसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (1st person)

• साक्षी: witness
• साक्षी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (the Great Lord)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् ईश्वरः)

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

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ऋतुस्नातया: by a woman after her period-bath
• ऋतुस्नातया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु + स्नात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (ऋतौ स्नाता = a woman bathed after menses)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-कार (particle: even/also)

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• मुखम्: face
• मुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुष्टस्य: of the wicked man
• दुष्टस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वीक्षितम्: seen, looked at
• वीक्षितम्: Kriya (Resultant action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ईक्ष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थे (as ‘has been seen’)

Speaker

Unspecified admonisher in narrative (within Skanda’s Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse to Agastya-context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī with folded hands, eyes lowered in humility, mentally clinging to Śiva’s feet; nearby, a figure marked as wicked is deliberately not looked at; a liṅga or Śiva’s feet glow as witness.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the inner witness; purity is not merely ritual bathing but also moral separation from wickedness and devotion fixed on the Lord’s feet.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī context, highlighting Śaiva devotion rather than naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reference is made to frequent bathing (cārtu-snātā), but no explicit injunction is given—ritual purity is contrasted with ethical purity.