Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

नीरसान्यन्नपानानि वरुणेश्वर संस्मृतेः । सरसानि भविष्यंति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

nīrasānyannapānāni varuṇeśvara saṃsmṛteḥ | sarasāni bhaviṣyaṃti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

വരുണേശ്വരനെ സ്മരിച്ചാൽ രുചിയില്ലാത്ത അന്നപാനങ്ങളും രസവത്താകുന്നു; ഇതിൽ സംശയമോ വിചാരണമോ വേണ്ട.

Word by Word

• nīrasāni: tasteless/insipid
• nīrasāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nīrasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• anna-pānāni: foods and drinks
• anna-pānāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक) + pāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (annāni ca pānāni ca)

• varuṇeśvara: O Lord of Varuṇa (Varuṇeśvara)
• varuṇeśvara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (varuṇasya īśvaraḥ)

• saṃsmṛteḥ: from the remembrance
• saṃsmṛteḥ: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsmṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• sarasāni: juicy/flavorful
• sarasāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• bhaviṣyanti: will become
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• kāryā: to be done/necessary
• kāryā: Vidhana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातोः यत्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (to be done)

• vicāraṇā: consideration/deliberation
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varuṇeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Primary listener of the Kāśī-māhātmya discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble pilgrim meal near a shrine: simple gruel and water become radiant and fragrant as the devotee remembers Varuṇeśvara; subtle divine water-symbols (makara, waves) appear in the aura.

Characters & Entities

• Varuṇeśvara
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional remembrance sanctifies ordinary experience, showing how tīrtha-devotion transforms even daily necessities into grace-filled offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Varuṇeśvara shrine/zone in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa/saṃsmṛti (remembrance) of Varuṇeśvara is implied as the practice.