Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

परित्यज्य हि यः सर्वं विप्णुमेकं सदा भजेत् । सुमेधसं भजंते तं पदार्थाः सर्व एव हि

Transliteration

parityajya hi yaḥ sarvaṃ vipṇumekaṃ sadā bhajet | sumedhasaṃ bhajaṃte taṃ padārthāḥ sarva eva hi

Translation

എല്ലാം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് സദാ ഏകമാത്ര വിഷ്ണുവിനെ ഭജിക്കുന്ന സുമേധാവിയായ ഭക്തനെ സേവിക്കുവാൻ സർവ്വ പ്രാപ്തികളും പദാർത്ഥങ്ങളും സ്വയം എത്തിച്ചേരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: त्यज् (to abandon) उपसर्ग: परि-; क्रियाविशेषणभावेन (adverbial)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-सूचक (indeed/for)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• विप्णुम्: Vishnu
• विप्णुम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एकम्: the one (alone)
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विष्णुम् इति विशेष्यस्य)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• भजेत्: should worship
• भजेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष? (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धातु: भज् (to worship/serve)

• सुमेधसम्: the wise/intelligent one
• सुमेधसम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-मेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समास: सु + मेधस् (good + intelligence)

• भजन्ते: worship/serve
• भजन्ते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पदार्थाः: objects/meanings (of words)
• पदार्थाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषसमास: पदस्य अर्थाः (meanings/things signified by words)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (पदार्थाः)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-सूचक

Speaker

Nārada (continuing speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Kāśī turns away from scattered worldly objects and fixes gaze on Viṣṇu; symbolic ‘attainments’ (artha, kāma, dharma, mokṣa) personified as attendants offering service.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed devotion to Viṣṇu harmonizes life so that all legitimate goals naturally align and are fulfilled.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; it is a general bhakti teaching within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous bhajana (devotional worship) of Viṣṇu alone is prescribed as the main practice.