Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

केदाराद्दक्षिणे भागे नीलकंठ विलोकनात् । संसारोरगदष्टस्य तस्य नास्ति विषाद्भयम्

Transliteration

kedārāddakṣiṇe bhāge nīlakaṃṭha vilokanāt | saṃsāroragadaṣṭasya tasya nāsti viṣādbhayam

Translation

കേദാരത്തിന്റെ തെക്കുഭാഗത്ത് നീലകണ്ഠനെ ദർശിക്കുന്നതാൽ, സംസാരസർപ്പദഷ്ടനായവന് വിഷാദമെന്ന വിഷത്തിന്റെ ഭയം ഇല്ല.

Word by Word

• केदारात्: from Kedāra
• केदारात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (from)

• दक्षिणे: in the southern
• दक्षिणे: Sambandha (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; भागे इति विशेषणम्

• भागे: in the region/part
• भागे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (place)

• नीलकण्ठ: Nīlakaṇṭha (Śiva)
• नीलकण्ठ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक) + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object of seeing)

• विलोकनात्: from beholding
• विलोकनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि + लोकन (प्रातिपदिक; लोक्-धातोः भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ (from seeing)

• संसार-उरग-दष्टस्य: of one bitten by the serpent of saṃsāra
• संसार-उरग-दष्टस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + उरग (प्रातिपदिक) + दष्ट (कृदन्त; √दंश्/दश्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध—तस्य इति विशेषणम्; अर्थः: "संसाररूपेण उरगेण दष्टः"

• तस्य: for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (for him)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• विषात्: from poison
• विषात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान/हेतु (from poison)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Predicate/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृस्थानीयं (predicate nominative)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīlakaṇṭha (south of Kedāra)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: South of Kedāreśa, the Nīlakaṇṭha liṅga/shrine is shown; a devotee afflicted by the ‘serpent of saṃsāra’ is comforted as dark poison-clouds dissolve into calm light around Śiva’s blue-throated symbol.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra
• Nīlakaṇṭha
• Saṃsāra (worldly existence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-darśana neutralizes the inner ‘poison’ of despair caused by saṃsāra’s suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nīlakaṇṭha shrine/manifestation located south of Kedāra in Kāśī’s sacred topography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (vilokana)—the act of reverently beholding Nīlakaṇṭha.