Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तुलसी यस्य भवने प्रत्यहं परिपूज्यते । तद्गृहं नोपसर्पंति कदाचिद्यमकिंकराः

Transliteration

tulasī yasya bhavane pratyahaṃ paripūjyate | tadgṛhaṃ nopasarpaṃti kadācidyamakiṃkarāḥ

Translation

യാരുടെ വീട്ടിൽ തുളസിയെ പ്രതിദിനം ഭക്തിയോടെ പരിപൂജിക്കുന്നുവോ, ആ ഗൃഹത്തിലേക്ക് യമകിങ്കരന്മാർ ഒരിക്കലും സമീപിക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• तुलसी: Tulasī (holy basil)
• तुलसी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धि (relative)

• भवने: in (his) house
• भवने: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• प्रत्यहम्: daily
• प्रत्यहम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + अहन् (अव्यय-समास/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), अव्ययीभाव-समास; प्रतिदिन

• परिपूज्यते: is duly worshipped
• परिपूज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः—‘is worshipped’

• तद्गृहम्: that house (his house)
• तद्गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य गृहं); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

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

• उपसर्पन्ति: approach/creep near
• उपसर्पन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + सृप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• कदाचित्: ever
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक); ‘ever/at any time’

• यमकिंकराः: servants of Yama
• यमकिंकराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + किंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (यमस्य किंकराः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulasī (as living tīrtha within the home)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtyard with a tulasī-vṛndāvana altar; a devotee offers a small lamp and water at dawn; in the shadows beyond the threshold, Yama’s attendants turn away, unable to enter.

Characters & Entities

• Tulasī
• Yama
• Yamakiṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily devotion to Tulasī is presented as a powerful shield rooted in bhakti and purity of the home.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse focuses on household dharma; its setting is the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s devotional teaching tradition rather than a single tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratyaha-paripūjā: daily, complete worship of Tulasī in one’s home.