Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तीर्थांतराणि सर्वाणि भूमीवलयगान्यपि । असिसंभेदतीर्थस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्

Transliteration

tīrthāṃtarāṇi sarvāṇi bhūmīvalayagānyapi | asisaṃbhedatīrthasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm

Translation

इतर सर्व तीर्थे—पृथ्वीच्या वलयभर पसरलेली असली तरी—असि-सम्भेद तीर्थाच्या महिमेच्या सोळाव्या अंशालाही समकक्ष नाहीत.

Word by Word

• तीर्थान्तराणि: other sacred places
• तीर्थान्तराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘other tīrthas’

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भूमीवलयगानि: spread over the whole world
• भूमीवलयगानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक) + वलय (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘going/located in the earth-circle (world)’

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि ‘even/also’

• असिसंभेदतीर्थस्य: of the Asi-saṃbheda sacred place
• असिसंभेदतीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि (प्रातिपदिक) + संभेद (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘of the Asi-saṃbheda tīrtha’

• कलाम्: a fraction/part
• कलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

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

• अर्हन्ति: are worthy of/amount to
• अर्हन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• षोडशीम्: a sixteenth (part)
• षोडशीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ordinal-like usage ‘sixteenth’ qualifying कलाम्

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Asi-saṃbheda Tīrtha

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni addressed within the Kāśī-tīrtha discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, the Gaṅgā meets the Asi; the confluence glows with a subtle divine fissure/light, while distant tīrthas across the earth fade in comparison as tiny vignettes.

Characters & Entities

• Asi-saṃbheda Tīrtha
• Kāśī
• Gaṅgā
• Asi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa asserts Kāśī’s unparalleled sanctity by ranking its confluence-tīrtha above all other pilgrimage sites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Asi-saṃbheda Tīrtha—understood within Kāśī’s sacred topography around the Gaṅgā–Asi meeting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the verse provides a comparative māhātmya to inspire pilgrimage and worship there.