Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

वहेन्नासापुटयुगे दशाहानि निरंतरम् । वातश्चेत्सह संक्रांतिस्तया जीवेद्दिनत्रयम्

Transliteration

vahennāsāpuṭayuge daśāhāni niraṃtaram | vātaścetsaha saṃkrāṃtistayā jīveddinatrayam

Translation

もし息が両方の鼻孔を通って十日間絶えず流れ、さらに風の流れに「転移」が起こるなら、その徴により、なお生きるのは三日だけだと言われる。

Word by Word

• वहेत्: should flow/carry
• वहेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नासापुट-युगे: in the pair of nostrils
• नासापुट-युगे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासापुट (प्रातिपदिक) + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नासापुटयोः युगे)

• दशाहानि: ten days
• दशाहानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (दश अहानि)

• निरंतरम्: continuously
• निरंतरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निरंतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverb: without break)

• वातः: wind/breath
• वातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• सह: together (with)
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारक-अव्यय (prepositional adverb: together/with)

• संक्रान्तिः: transition/shift
• संक्रान्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तया: by that/with that
• तया: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• जीवेत्: should live
• जीवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दिन-त्रयम्: three days
• दिन-त्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रीणि दिनानि)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in a small room near the ghāṭas, lamp flickering; he experiences unusual breath through both nostrils, while a priest prepares bilva and water for a quick Śiva-pūjā; the sense is of a closing window of time.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Recognize warning signs and immediately prioritize spiritual duties—repentance, charity, mantra, and remembrance of the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Kāśī Khaṇḍa setting points to Kāśī as the place where one should seek auspicious departure and liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it offers an omen connected to continuous bilateral breathing and a subsequent shift in the breath-current.