Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अतो युवत्वं संभाव्यं नात्र नूनं चिरंतने । वृद्धोऽपि न भवत्येष जरामरणवर्जितः

Transliteration

ato yuvatvaṃ saṃbhāvyaṃ nātra nūnaṃ ciraṃtane | vṛddho'pi na bhavatyeṣa jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ອາດຈະຄາດຄິດວ່າພຣະອົງມີວັຍໜຸ່ມ ແຕ່ບໍ່ແມ່ນແນ່ນອນ ໂອ ຜູ້ເກົ່າແກ່. ແມ່ນແຕ່ຄວາມແກ່ກໍບໍ່ຕິດພຣະອົງ ເພາະພຣະອົງພົ້ນຈາກຄວາມເສື່ອມແລະຄວາມຕາຍ.

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्ययम् (therefore/from that)

• युवत्वम्: youth
• युवत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युवत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• संभाव्यम्: to be presumed/possible
• संभाव्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+भू (धातु) + यत्-प्रत्यय (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (भाव्यत्/यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थे 'सम्भावनीयम्' (to be supposed/possible)

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

• अत्र: here / in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• नूनम्: certainly
• नूनम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (certainly)

• चिरंतने: in the ancient/everlasting (one)
• चिरंतने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिरंतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (सम्बोधन/अधिकरणार्थे)

• वृद्धः: old
• वृद्धः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

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

• भवति: is/becomes
• भवति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• एषः: this one
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जरामरणवर्जितः: free from old age and death
• जरामरणवर्जितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा-मरण-वर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (jārā+maraṇa as coordinated members)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame; not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene, timeless Śiva seated in meditation above the Gaṅgā at dawn; below, pilgrims watch the sunrise, symbolizing the passing of time, while Śiva remains unmoved—ajarāmaratva embodied.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord transcends time’s conditions—youth and old age—and is untouched by mortality; devotion aims at the same freedom from death through liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework centers on Kāśī; this verse presents the metaphysical basis for Kāśī’s Śaiva salvific power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated.