Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

अनन्यमानसो भूत्वा तत्क्षेत्रं यो न मुंचति । स मुंचति जरामृत्युं गर्भवासं सुदुःसहम्

Transliteration

ananyamānaso bhūtvā tatkṣetraṃ yo na muṃcati | sa muṃcati jarāmṛtyuṃ garbhavāsaṃ suduḥsaham

Translation

ഏകാഗ്രമനസ്സോടെ ആ ക്ഷേത്രത്തെ വിട്ടൊഴിയാത്തവൻ, ജരാമരണങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും അത്യന്തം ദുഃസഹമായ ഗർഭവാസത്തിൽ നിന്നും മോചിതനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अनन्यमानसः: with single-pointed mind
• अनन्यमानसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्य-मानस (प्रातिपदिक); अनन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (having undivided mind)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having become)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• क्षेत्रम्: holy field/region
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• मुंचति: abandons; leaves
• मुंचति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मुंचति: releases; gets rid of
• मुंचति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जरा: old age
• जरा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• मृत्युम्: death
• मृत्युम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासोत्तरपद; समस्तपदम्: जरामृत्युम्

• गर्भवासम्: dwelling in the womb
• गर्भवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ-वास (प्रातिपदिक); गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गर्भे वासः)

• सुदुःसहम्: very hard to endure
• सुदुःसहम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुःसह (प्रातिपदिक); सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुःसह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (गर्भवासम् इति)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta / Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene devotee sits in meditation within Kāśī; behind, a wheel of saṃsāra (birth-womb-aging-death) breaks; a translucent womb-symbol fades; the devotee steps into a calm Śiva-light, signifying release.

Characters & Entities

• Avimukta (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, undivided commitment to Avimukta is presented as a direct means to transcend rebirth’s suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

That kṣetra is Avimukta—Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintain ananya-mindedness (single-minded devotion) and do not leave the kṣetra.