Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

नैपालाच्च महाक्षेत्रादायात्पशुपतिस्त्विह । यत्र पाशुपतो योग उपदिष्टः पिनाकिना

Transliteration

naipālācca mahākṣetrādāyātpaśupatistviha | yatra pāśupato yoga upadiṣṭaḥ pinākinā

Translation

നേപ്പാളിലെ മഹാക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പശുപതി ഇവിടെ വന്നു. പിനാകധാരിയായ ശിവൻ പാശുപതയോഗം ഉപദേശിച്ച സ്ഥലം ഇതുതന്നെ.

Word by Word

• नैपालात्: from Nepal
• नैपालात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अपादानार्थे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महाक्षेत्रात्: from the great sacred field
• महाक्षेत्रात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अपादानार्थे

• आयात्: came
• आयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• पशुपतिः: Paśupati (Śiva)
• पशुपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशुपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• पाशुपतः: Pāśupata
• पाशुपतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाशुपत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘योगः’ इति विशेषणम्

• योगः: yoga/doctrine
• योगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उपदिष्टः: was taught/instructed
• उपदिष्टः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + दिश् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय

• पिनाकिना: by the bearer of the Pināka (Śiva)
• पिनाकिना: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ-करणभावे (agent in passive)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāśupata-yoga-upadeśa-sthāna (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Pinākin sits in teaching posture beneath a sacred tree/mandapa in Kāśī; ascetics listen as Paśupati’s presence is invoked—Nepal mountains faintly symbolized in the background as a spiritual ‘arrival’.

Characters & Entities

• Paśupati (Śiva)
• Nepal (Naipāla)
• Pāśupata Yoga
• Pinākin (Śiva)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is affirmed as a seat of Śaiva revelation—where Śiva’s own yogic path (Pāśupata) is transmitted for liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Kāśī location associated with Paśupati and the instruction of Pāśupata Yoga by Śiva (Pinākin).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights doctrinal sanctity—Pāśupata Yoga being taught here.