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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

यदाहुस्तारकं ज्ञानं यदाहुरतिनिर्मलम् । स्वात्मारामं यदाहुश्च तत्तत्रांते दिशाम्यहम्

Transliteration

yadāhustārakaṃ jñānaṃ yadāhuratinirmalam | svātmārāmaṃ yadāhuśca tattatrāṃte diśāmyaham

Translation

彼らが「ターラカ」（Tāraka、彼岸へ渡す智）と呼び、至極に清浄と称え、ただ真我にのみ歓喜すると説くその智——それを、われは彼処にて、究竟の成就として顕わす。

Word by Word
यत्which/that
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
आहुःthey call
आहुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
तारकम्liberating/saving
तारकम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); विशेषण (qualifying ज्ञानम्)
ज्ञानम्knowledge
ज्ञानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
आहुःthey call
आहुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
अतिनिर्मलम्exceedingly pure
अतिनिर्मलम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअति + निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); अव्ययीभावः (अति-निर्मलम् = exceedingly pure)
स्वात्मारामम्delighting in one’s own Self
स्वात्मारामम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व + आत्मन् + राम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); तत्पुरुषः (स्वात्मनि रामः/रमते इति = delighting in one’s own Self)
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
आहुःthey call
आहुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
अन्तेat the end/within
अन्ते:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)
दिशामिI bestow/point out
दिशामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदिश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative, Singular)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Tāraka-jñāna revelation)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Seekers/pilgrims within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as compassionate teacher revealing a subtle ‘tāraka’ light/word to a departing soul or to a meditating seeker in Kāśī; the river and cremation-ghāṭ silhouette in the distance.

Characters & Entities
T
Tāraka-jñāna
K
Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

Liberation is linked to ‘tāraka’ knowledge—pure, self-abiding realization that ferries the soul beyond saṃsāra.

Kāśī is the implied sacred setting where this tāraka knowledge is disclosed.

No specific rite is named; the verse highlights the liberating power of jñāna (spiritual knowledge).

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