Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

शिवस्य परिपुष्टांगाः स्पर्शनीया न साधुभिः । तेन कर्मविपाकेन ततस्ते रौरवौकसः

Transliteration

śivasya paripuṣṭāṃgāḥ sparśanīyā na sādhubhiḥ | tena karmavipākena tataste rauravaukasaḥ

Translation

ശിവസ്വംകൊണ്ട് പുഷ്ടമായ ശരീരമുള്ളവർ സദ്ജനങ്ങൾ സ്പർശിക്കേണ്ടവർ അല്ല. ആ കർമ്മവിപാകത്താൽ അവർ പിന്നെ റൗരവ നരകവാസികളാകും.

Word by Word

• śivasya: of Śiva
• śivasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• paripuṣṭa-aṅgāḥ: well-nourished limbs
• paripuṣṭa-aṅgāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paripuṣṭa (कृदन्त; puṣ (धातु)+kta) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—कर्मधारय: ‘परिपुष्टानि अङ्गानि’

• sparśanīyāḥ: fit to be touched
• sparśanīyāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: spṛś (धातु) + anīya (कृदन्त)
• Form: अनिय (gerundive/‘to be touched’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• sādhubhiḥ: by the good/saints
• sādhubhiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• tena: by that / because of that
• tena: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• karma-vipākena: by the ripening of karma
• karma-vipākena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma (प्रातिपदिक) + vipāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष: ‘कर्मणः विपाकः’

• tataḥ: thereupon/therefore
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (thereupon/therefore)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• raurava-aukasaḥ: dwellers of Raurava (hell)
• raurava-aukasaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raurava (प्रातिपदिक) + okas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष: ‘रौरवे ओकः (निवासः) येषाम्’ (अर्थे बहुव्रीहिसदृशः, रूपे तत्पुरुष-समास)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (ethical code around Śiva-dravya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic contrast: sādhus avert their gaze and withdraw their hands from a well-fed man adorned with stolen temple ornaments; in the background, a vision of Raurava—fiery pits and serpentine torments—looms as karmic destiny.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Raurava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Profiting from sacred property is a serious adharma that leads to social/religious impurity and severe karmic retribution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The warning is framed within Kāśī’s sacred-law (kṣetra-dharma) discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An exclusion rule is implied: the righteous should avoid contact with those tainted by consuming Śiva’s belongings.