Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

योसावादित्यपुरुषः सोसावहमिति स्फुटम् । अंधतमः प्रविशंति ये चैवान्यमुपासते

Transliteration

yosāvādityapuruṣaḥ sosāvahamiti sphuṭam | aṃdhatamaḥ praviśaṃti ye caivānyamupāsate

Translation

ಆ ಆದಿತ್ಯಪುರುಷನೇ ‘ನಾನು’—ಇದು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ. ಇತರರನ್ನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುವವರು ಘೋರ ಅಂಧಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ।

Word by Word

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

• asau: that (yonder)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (असौ सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; दूरवाचक सर्वनाम

• āditya-puruṣaḥ: the Solar Person
• āditya-puruṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya-puruṣa (आदित्य + पुरुष प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

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

• asau: that (very one)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (असौ सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; दूरवाचक सर्वनाम

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Prayoga (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (इति अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• sphuṭam: clearly
• sphuṭam: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sphuṭa (स्फुट प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• andha-tamaḥ: blind darkness
• andha-tamaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andha-tamas (अन्ध + तमस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास

• praviśanti: enter
• praviśanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-viś (प्र-विश् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• anyam: another (deity/thing)
• anyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (अन्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• upāsate: worship
• upāsate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-ās (उप-आस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Gaṇas

Characters & Entities

• Āditya-puruṣa
• Aham (Self)
• Upāsanā (worship)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Realize the one Self (the divine principle) as the true object of worship; misdirected worship leads to spiritual ignorance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the textual setting; the verse itself focuses on inner realization rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies correct upāsanā—single-pointed worship/realization of the one divine Self—without detailing a ritual.