Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

विधाय च द्राक्स हि पंचतीर्थिकां विश्वेशमाराध्य ततो यथास्वम् । पुनःपुनर्वीक्ष्यपुरीं पुरारेरिदं मयालोकिनवेति विस्मितः

Transliteration

vidhāya ca drāksa hi paṃcatīrthikāṃ viśveśamārādhya tato yathāsvam | punaḥpunarvīkṣyapurīṃ purāreridaṃ mayālokinaveti vismitaḥ

Translation

Kemudian dengan segera dia menyempurnakan amalan pañca‑tīrtha, lalu memuja Viśveśvara menurut tata cara. Berkali-kali dia menatap kota milik Musuh Tripura (Śiva), dalam kehairanan, sambil berfikir: “Benarkah aku telah menyaksikan ini?”

Word by Word

• विधाय: having performed
• विधाय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-√धा (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having performed/arranged)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• द्राक्: quickly, at once
• द्राक्: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्राक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: quickly/at once)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• पञ्चतीर्थिकाम्: the five-tīrtha rite/observance
• पञ्चतीर्थिकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या) + तीर्थिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (पञ्च तीर्थानि यस्याः/यत्)

• विश्वेशम्: Viśveśa (Lord of the universe)
• विश्वेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विश्वस्य ईशः)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-√राध् (धातु) + ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund: having worshipped)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• यथास्वम्: as appropriate, in one's own way
• यथास्वम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (according to one's own manner)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: again)

• पुनः: again and again
• पुनः: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

• वीक्ष्य: having looked at
• वीक्ष्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √ईक्ष् (धातु) + क्त्वा/ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund: having looked at)

• पुरीम्: the city
• पुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पुरारेः: of Purāri (Śiva)
• पुरारेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अलोकि: (I) saw
• अलोकि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√लोक् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Past), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद/परस्मैपद-प्रयोगभेदेण; अर्थः ‘I saw’

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

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्ति-निपात (quotative particle)

• विस्मितः: astonished
• विस्मितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सः’ विशेषयति

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcatīrtha (Kāśī) and Viśveśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After completing a five-tīrtha circuit, the pilgrim stands before Viśveśvara’s sanctum, offering flowers and lamp; then he turns, repeatedly gazing at Kāśī’s skyline—spires, ghats, and the river—overwhelmed by wonder.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcatīrthikā
• Viśveśvara
• Śiva (Tripurāri/Purāri)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is approached through disciplined pilgrimage (tīrtha-rounds) culminating in devotion to Viśveśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśveśvara (Kāśī Viśvanātha) and the pañca-tīrtha circuit within Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing pañcatīrthikā and then worshiping Viśveśvara according to proper rule (yathāsvam).