Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

अविमुक्त समं क्षेत्रमपि ब्रह्मांडगोलके । न विद्यते क्वचित्सत्यं सत्यं साधकसिद्धिदम्

Transliteration

avimukta samaṃ kṣetramapi brahmāṃḍagolake | na vidyate kvacitsatyaṃ satyaṃ sādhakasiddhidam

Translation

സമസ്ത ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡഗോളത്തിലും അവിമുക്തത്തിന് തുല്യമായ ക്ഷേത്രം എവിടെയും ഇല്ല—ഇത് സത്യം, സത്യം; കാരണം ഇത് সাধകർക്കു സിദ്ധി നൽകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• avimukta: Avimukta (named)
• avimukta: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avimukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम-विशेषण), द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (क्षेत्रम् इति)

• samam: equal
• samam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kṣetram: place/field
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: even/also)

• brahmāṇḍagolake: in the sphere of the universe
• brahmāṇḍagolake: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmāṇḍa + golaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्माण्डस्य गोलकः)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• vidyate: exists
• vidyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्तरि (exists)

• kvacit: anywhere
• kvacit: Adhikarana (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (anywhere/ever)

• satyam: truly
• satyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (समं क्षेत्रम् इति)

• satyam: indeed
• satyam: Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन नपुंसक-एकवचन-प्रयोगः; वाक्ये निश्चयार्थक (indeclinable-like: indeed)

• sādhakasiddhidam: bestowing accomplishment to practitioners
• sādhakasiddhidam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sādhaka + siddhi + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (साधकानां सिद्धिं ददाति)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic map-like vision: the brahmāṇḍa as a sphere with countless tīrthas, yet Avimukta shines at the center like a radiant bindu; sādhakas meditate, receiving siddhi as light descending from Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Avimukta
• Brahmāṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Avimukta is proclaimed uniquely powerful: it accelerates spiritual accomplishment and stands unrivaled among holy places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it asserts the kṣetra’s intrinsic capacity to grant siddhi to practitioners.