Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अत्रात्मव्यतिरेकेण द्वितीयं यो न पश्यति । आत्मारामः स योगींद्रो ब्रह्मीभूतो भवेदिह

Transliteration

atrātmavyatirekeṇa dvitīyaṃ yo na paśyati | ātmārāmaḥ sa yogīṃdro brahmībhūto bhavediha

Translation

ഇവിടെ ആത്മാവിനെ വിട്ട് ‘രണ്ടാമത്’ ഒന്നും കാണാത്തവൻ, ആത്മയിൽ തന്നെ രമിക്കുന്നവൻ—യോഗികളിൽ അധിപതിയായി, ഈ ജീവിതത്തിൽ തന്നേ ബ്രഹ്മഭാവം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• आत्मव्यतिरेकेण: by (the) exclusion of the Self / apart from the Self
• आत्मव्यतिरेकेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मव्यतिरेक (प्रातिपदिक; आत्मन् + व्यतिरेक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतुवाचक (instrumental singular masculine; ‘by/with the exception of’)

• द्वितीयम्: a second (entity)
• द्वितीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular neuter)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun; nominative singular masculine)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (he sees)

• आत्मारामः: one who delights in the Self
• आत्मारामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्माराम (प्रातिपदिक; आत्मन् + आराम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular masculine)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (demonstrative pronoun; nominative singular masculine)

• योगीन्द्रः: lord among yogis
• योगीन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगीन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; योगिन् + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular masculine)

• ब्रह्मीभूतः: become Brahman
• ब्रह्मीभूतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मीभूत (कृदन्त; ब्रह्मन् + √भू (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle; ‘having become Brahman’)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (may/should become)

• इह: here (in this world/state)
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant yogin in Kāśī, with the Ganga and Viśvanātha spires behind, depicted as seeing the same Self in all beings—pilgrims, priests, animals—without distinction.

Characters & Entities

• Ātman
• Brahman
• Yogīndra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Non-dual Self-vision—seeing nothing separate from the Ātman—culminates in Brahman-realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s liberation framework, where Kāśī is famed for leading seekers toward Brahma-jñāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a state of realization (non-dual seeing) rather than an outward practice.