Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 190

Devanagari script

अध्यापयेच्छुचीञ्शिष्यान्हितान्मेधासमन्वितान् । उपेयादीश्वरं चैव योगक्षेमादि सिद्धये

Transliteration

adhyāpayecchucīñśiṣyānhitānmedhāsamanvitān | upeyādīśvaraṃ caiva yogakṣemādi siddhaye

Translation

ശുചികളായ, ഹിതബുദ്ധിയുള്ള, മേധാസമ്പന്ന ശിഷ്യന്മാർക്ക് അധ്യാപനം നടത്തണം; കൂടാതെ യോഗ-ക്ഷേമാദി സിദ്ധിക്കായി ഈശ്വരനെ ശരണം പ്രാപിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• adhyāpayet: should teach
• adhyāpayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi-āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative (णिच्) of √आप्/आप् (to obtain/teach in causative usage) with उपसर्ग adhi-; अर्थः ‘अध्यापयेत्’ = ‘शिक्षयेत्’

• śucīn: pure
• śucīn: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• śiṣyān: students
• śiṣyān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• hitān: well-disposed / beneficial
• hitān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• medhā-samanvitān: endowed with intelligence
• medhā-samanvitān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: medhā (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘मेधया समन्वित’ (instrumental-tatpuruṣa sense) विशेषण

• upeyāt: should approach
• upeyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-i (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; √इ (i) with उपसर्ग upa-

• īśvaram: the Lord
• īśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• yogakṣema-ādi: welfare and security, etc.
• yogakṣema-ādi: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣema (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व ‘योगः च क्षेमः’ + ‘आदि’ (etc.)

• siddhaye: for accomplishment
• siddhaye: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ दत्तिः

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Viśveśvara-sannidhi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned teacher in Kāśī instructs attentive, clean disciples under a banyan near a ghat; afterward they proceed with folded hands toward a Śiva temple for darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Śiṣya
• Medhā
• Yoga-kṣema

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is fulfilled through responsible teaching and through devotion—seeking Īśvara for both spiritual and worldly well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered dharma teaching, rather than a named site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Train qualified disciples and practice īśvara-upāsanā aimed at yoga-kṣema and related attainments.