Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

हरेयश्चावयोर्भेदं न करोति महामतिः । शिवभक्तः स विज्ञेयो महापाशुपतश्च सः

Transliteration

hareyaścāvayorbhedaṃ na karoti mahāmatiḥ | śivabhaktaḥ sa vijñeyo mahāpāśupataśca saḥ

Translation

真に大いなる心の者は、ハリ（Hari）と我らとの間に差別を立てない。その人こそシヴァの帰依者と知るべきであり、まことに大いなるパーシュパタ（Pāśupata）である。

Word by Word

• hare: O Hari
• hare: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative); एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

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

• āvayoḥ: of us two
• āvayoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-द्विवचनार्थक-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); द्विवचन

• bhedam: difference
• bhedam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• karoti: makes/does
• karoti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) करणॆ
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahā-matiḥ: the great-minded person
• mahā-matiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ('great-minded')

• śiva-bhaktaḥ: a devotee of Śiva
• śiva-bhaktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (कृदन्त; √bhaj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vijñeyaḥ: to be known (as)
• vijñeyaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√jñā (ज्ञा) अवबोधने + -ya (कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम्; क्तव्य/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: 'to be known')

• mahā-pāśupataḥ: a great Pāśupata (Śaiva)
• mahā-pāśupataḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pāśupata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ('great Pāśupata')

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

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (as the integrative kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor of the Kāśī discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like ‘mahāmati’ stands between Śiva and Viṣṇu, seeing them as one essence; behind, Kāśī’s ghāṭas and temple spires suggest the lived unity of worship in the city.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Śiva
• Pāśupata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Highest devotion transcends sectarian division; seeing unity between Hari and Śiva is praised as great-minded Śaiva realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named in this verse; within the chapter’s Kāśī-Gaṅgā setting, it supports the broader Kāśī dharma ethos.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it defines spiritual qualification: non-dual reverence toward Hari and Śiva.