Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

इति ते कथिता विप्र लोकानां च परिस्थितिः । इदानीं कथयिष्यावस्तवनिर्वाण कारणम्

Transliteration

iti te kathitā vipra lokānāṃ ca paristhitiḥ | idānīṃ kathayiṣyāvastavanirvāṇa kāraṇam

Translation

Demikianlah, wahai Brāhmaṇa, telah aku jelaskan kepadamu keadaan segala dunia. Kini akan aku ceritakan sebab pembebasanmu (nirvāṇa).

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्त्यर्थक/उद्धरणसूचक (thus)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative) वा षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; अत्र चतुर्थी (to you) अधिकयुक्ता

• कथिता: has been told
• कथिता: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (परिस्थितिः) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds/people
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• परिस्थितिः: the situation/condition
• परिस्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिस्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (now)

• कथयिष्यावः: we two shall tell
• कथयिष्यावः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st), द्विवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• निर्वाणकारणम्: cause of liberation
• निर्वाणकारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वाण + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (निर्वाणस्य कारणम्)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-narrator addressing a brāhmaṇa listener, gesture of instruction; background hints of Kāśī—ghāṭas, temples, and the river—signaling the shift to liberation teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Agastya, implied)
• Nirvāṇa (liberation)
• Lokas (worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is not accidental; it has a discernible cause taught through sacred instruction (upadeśa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied locus of the liberation-teaching that follows in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual here; it introduces an upcoming explanation of the means/cause of liberation.