Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

इत्थं मांदारदामिः स नित्यं परिमलालयः । काश्यां त्रिविष्टपं द्रष्टुं समागच्छेत्प्रयत्नवान्

Transliteration

itthaṃ māṃdāradāmiḥ sa nityaṃ parimalālayaḥ | kāśyāṃ triviṣṭapaṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgacchetprayatnavān

Translation

Demikianlah Parimalālaya, putera Mandāradāma, sentiasa berusaha datang ke Kāśī—berhasrat menyaksikan ‘Triviṣṭapa’ (syurga) di sana, yakni mengalami syurga melalui kesucian Kāśī.

Word by Word

• ittham: thus
• ittham: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ittham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीति-वाचक; adverb)

• māṃdāradāmiḥ: Māṃdāradāmi (name)
• māṃdāradāmiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṃdāradāmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; proper name)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; pronoun)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative; 'always')

• parimalālayaḥ: abode of fragrance (epithet)
• parimalālayaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parimala (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: परिमलस्य आलयः) (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• kāśyām: in Kāśī
• kāśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)

• triviṣṭapam: heaven (Svarga)
• triviṣṭapam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: triviṣṭapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• draṣṭum: to see
• draṣṭum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धा॒तु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (infinitive)

• samāgacchet: should come/arrive
• samāgacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धा॒तु) उपसर्गः सम्+आ
• Form: विधिलिङ् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Optative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular)

• prayatnavān: diligent, striving
• prayatnavān: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prayatna-vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मतुप्/वत्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'possessing effort')

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Parimalālaya
• Mandāradāma
• Triviṣṭapa (Svarga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Earnest effort in pilgrimage and worship makes Kāśī itself a foretaste of heaven and a gateway to higher merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is praised as a place where one can ‘see heaven’ through its extraordinary sacred power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a fixed ritual; it highlights intentional pilgrimage (prayatna) to Kāśī for darśana and worship.