Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

ततो नृसिंहतीर्थं च महाभयनिवारणम् । कालादपि कुतस्तत्र स्नात्वा परिबिभेति च

Transliteration

tato nṛsiṃhatīrthaṃ ca mahābhayanivāraṇam | kālādapi kutastatra snātvā paribibheti ca

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം നൃസിംഹതീർത്ഥം; അത് മഹാഭയം നീക്കുന്നു. അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ മനുഷ്യൻ കാലത്തെയും (മരണത്തെയും) എങ്ങനെ ഭയപ്പെടും—മറ്റെന്ത് പറയണം?

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (thereafter)

• नृसिंहतीर्थम्: Nṛsiṃha-tirtha
• नृसिंहतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ + सिंह + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (नृसिंहस्य तीर्थम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• महाभयनिवारणम्: remover of great fear
• महाभयनिवारणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + भय + निवारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास; विशेषण (नृसिंहतीर्थम्)

• कालात्: from Time; from death
• कालात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (even/also)

• कुतः: how much less; whence
• कुतः: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक (whence/how then)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• परिबिभेति: fears greatly; is afraid
• परिबिभेति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + भी (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nṛsiṃha-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within purāṇic frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Nṛsiṃha-tīrtha, a pilgrim emerges from the water with steady gaze; behind, a fierce yet protective Narasiṃha presence is suggested—fear dissolving even of Kāla.

Characters & Entities

• Nṛsiṃha
• Nṛsiṃha-tīrtha
• Kāla (Death/Time)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True fearlessness is spiritual: sacred practice in Kāśī is said to conquer even the dread of death/time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nṛsiṃha-tīrtha, praised as a remover of great fear.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Nṛsiṃha-tīrtha; the fruit is fearlessness, even regarding Kāla (death/time).