Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अंगान्यभ्यस्य तर्कांश्च परिलोड्य समंततः । मीमांसाद्वयमालोक्य धनुर्वेदं विगाह्य च

Transliteration

aṃgānyabhyasya tarkāṃśca pariloḍya samaṃtataḥ | mīmāṃsādvayamālokya dhanurvedaṃ vigāhya ca

Translation

അവൻ വേദാംഗങ്ങൾ അഭ്യസിച്ചു, തർക്കശാസ്ത്രങ്ങളെ സർവ്വതോമായി പരിശോധിച്ചു, ഇരുവിധ മീമാംസകളും അവലോകനം ചെയ്തു, ധനുർവേദജ്ഞാനത്തിലേക്കും പ്രവേശിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• aṅgāni: auxiliary limbs (Vedāṅgas)
• aṅgāni: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), बहुवचन (Plural)

• abhyasya: having practiced/studied
• abhyasya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: abhi-as (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-लोप रूप अव्यय (gerund; irregular/poetic for abhyasya = abhyasya/abhyāsya)

• tarkān: logical treatises/arguments
• tarkān: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tarka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• pariloḍya: having examined thoroughly
• pariloḍya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pari-luḍ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• samantataḥ: completely, from all sides
• samantataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantatas (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: on all sides/entirely)

• mīmāṃsā-dvayam: the two Mīmāṃsās (Pūrva & Uttara)
• mīmāṃsā-dvayam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mīmāṃsā (प्रातिपदिक) + dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन (Singular)

• ālokya: having reviewed/considered
• ālokya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-lok (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• dhanur-vedam: Dhanurveda (science of archery/warfare)
• dhanur-vedam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanus (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन (Singular)

• vigāhya: having entered into / mastered
• vigāhya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi-gāh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

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

Speaker

Agastya (continuing narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage-like depiction of Śivaśarmā: practicing Vedāṅga recitation, engaging in philosophical debate (tarka), studying two Mīmāṃsās with commentarial texts, and training in archery (dhanurveda)—all within a single narrative frame.

Characters & Entities

• Vedāṅga
• Tarka
• Mīmāṃsā
• Dhanurveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even vast intellectual mastery is portrayed as incomplete without the transformative turn to divine worship and liberation-oriented practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; it is biographical narration within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa arc that ultimately celebrates Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse catalogs branches of knowledge studied.