Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

सदा कृतयुगं चात्र महापर्वसदाऽत्र वै । न ग्रहाऽस्तोदयकृतो दोषो विश्वेश्वराश्रमे

Transliteration

sadā kṛtayugaṃ cātra mahāparvasadā'tra vai | na grahā'stodayakṛto doṣo viśveśvarāśrame

Translation

ഇവിടെ എപ്പോഴും കൃതയുഗം തന്നെയാണ്; ഇവിടെ നിത്യവും മഹാപർവ്വം തന്നെയാണ്. വിശ്വേശ്വരന്റെ ആശ്രമത്തിൽ ഗ്രഹങ്ങളുടെ അസ്തോദയം മൂലമുള്ള ദോഷം ഒരിക്കലും ഉണ്ടാകുന്നില്ല.

Word by Word

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• kṛta-yugam: the Kṛta-yuga (Golden Age)
• kṛta-yugam: Pradhana (Predicative/Theme)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘कृतं युगम्’)

• ca: and
• ca: Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• mahā-parva: a great festival/holy occasion
• mahā-parva: Pradhana (Predicative/Theme)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + parva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘महच्च तत् पर्व’)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• vai: indeed
• vai: Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• na: not
• na: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• grahāḥ: planets; celestial bodies
• grahāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• astodaya-kṛtaḥ: caused by setting and rising (of planets)
• astodaya-kṛtaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asta (प्रातिपदिक) + udaya (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ कृ + kta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (‘अस्तोदयेन कृतः’), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त विशेषण

• doṣaḥ: fault; blemish
• doṣaḥ: Karta/Pradhana (Subject/Theme)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• viśveśvara-āśrame: in the hermitage/abode of Viśveśvara
• viśveśvara-āśrame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśveśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘विश्वेश्वरस्य आश्रमे’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara-āśrama (within Avimukta/Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (sages/brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene Viśveśvara shrine bathed in steady golden light; above, planets and zodiac symbols fade or become harmless ornaments, while a ‘Kṛtayuga’ aura (white lotuses, calm sages) pervades the precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Viśveśvara (Śiva)
• Kṛtayuga
• Graha (planets)
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Viśveśvara’s Kāśī, sacred time prevails perpetually, transcending ordinary astrological inauspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśveśvara’s abode in Kāśī—centered on the Viśvanātha/Viśveśvara shrine tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse implies that auspicious acts in Kāśī are not hindered by planetary timing concerns.