Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

विद्याविनयसंपन्ने श्रोत्रिये गृहमागते । क्रीडंत्यौषधयः सर्वा यास्यामः परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

vidyāvinayasaṃpanne śrotriye gṛhamāgate | krīḍaṃtyauṣadhayaḥ sarvā yāsyāmaḥ paramāṃ gatim

Translation

വിദ്യയും വിനയവും സമ്പന്നനായ ശ്രോത്രിയൻ ഗൃഹത്തിലെത്തുമ്പോൾ, എല്ലാ ഔഷധികളും ആനന്ദത്തോടെ ക്രീഡിച്ച്—‘ഇപ്പോൾ നാം പരമഗതി പ്രാപിക്കും’ എന്നു ചിന്തിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• विद्या-विनय-संपन्ने: in (a person) endowed with learning and humility
• विद्या-विनय-संपन्ने: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidyā + vinaya + saṃpanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण; विद्यया विनयेन च संपन्ने (in/with one endowed with learning and discipline)

• श्रोत्रिये: in a Veda-learned Brahmin
• श्रोत्रिये: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrotriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• गृहम्: to the house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• आगते: having arrived
• आगते: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Circumstantial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (Past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘having come/arrived’ (locative absolute sense with śrotriye)

• क्रीडन्ति: play/rejoice
• क्रीडन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: krīḍ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• औषधयः: herbs/medicinal plants
• औषधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: oṣadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Plural)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण (Feminine, Nominative, Plural; adjective)

• यास्यामः: we shall go
• यास्यामः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (Feminine, Accusative, Singular; adjective)

• गतिम्: state/goal
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrotriya arrives at a doorway; the householder offers water, seat, and herbs/medicines; personified herbs rejoice as subtle luminous plants, suggesting their ‘liberation’ through sacred use.

Characters & Entities

• śrotriya
• auṣadhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving a truly learned and disciplined guest sanctifies the household; even ordinary resources become instruments of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting; it glorifies dharmic hospitality rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies atithi-satkāra—proper reception and honoring of a śrotriya guest.