Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

विना मुकुंदं गोविदं परमानंदमच्युतम् । नान्यो जप्येतमन्येत न भज्येत जनैः क्वचित्

Transliteration

vinā mukuṃdaṃ govidaṃ paramānaṃdamacyutam | nānyo japyetamanyeta na bhajyeta janaiḥ kvacit

Translation

മുകുന്ദൻ—ഗോവിന്ദൻ, പരമാനന്ദൻ, അച്യുതൻ—അവനെ വിട്ട് എവിടെയും ജനങ്ങൾ മറ്റാരെയും ജപിച്ചില്ല; മറ്റാരെയും ഭജിച്ചില്ല.

Word by Word

• विना: without; except
• विना: Apadana (अपादान/Exclusion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक-अव्ययम् (preposition-like indeclinable governing accusative)

• मुकुन्दम्: Mukunda (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• मुकुन्दम्: Apadana (अपादान/Object of विना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुकुन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• गोविन्दम्: Govinda
• गोविन्दम्: Apadana (अपादान/Object of विना; appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• परमानन्दम्: supreme bliss (one)
• परमानन्दम्: Apadana (अपादान/Object of विना; appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (‘supreme bliss’)

• अच्युतम्: Acyuta
• अच्युतम्: Apadana (अपादान/Object of विना; appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

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

• अन्यः: another (any other deity/person)
• अन्यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of जप्येत)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• जप्येत: should be recited/meditated upon (as mantra)
• जप्येत: Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Passive), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपातः

• मन्येत: should think/consider
• मन्येत: Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम् (Active), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपातः

• भज्येत: should be worshipped
• भज्येत: Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Passive), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• जनैः: by people
• जनैः: Karana (करण/Agent in passive; ‘by people’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• क्वचित्: ever; anywhere
• क्वचित्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Place-Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (indefinite adverb: ‘ever/anywhere’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee community gathered for nāma-japa, with a central image of Mukunda holding śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-padma; other deity icons remain respectfully in the periphery, emphasizing single-pointed focus.

Characters & Entities

• Mukunda
• Govinda
• Acyuta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed devotion: keep japa and worship centered on Mukunda/Govinda as the highest refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s sacred narrative frame (Kāśīkhaṇḍa), portraying a realm where Viṣṇu-nāma and worship dominate.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-japa and bhajana directed to Mukunda/Govinda/Acyuta.