Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57
Devanagari script
जनन्या सह नो काशी लभेदुपमितिं क्वचित् । धारयेज्जननी गर्भे काशी गर्भाद्विमोचयेत्
Transliteration
jananyā saha no kāśī labhedupamitiṃ kvacit | dhārayejjananī garbhe kāśī garbhādvimocayet
Translation
Kāśī tidak pernah dapat dibandingkan walau dengan ibu sendiri. Ibu mengandung anak dalam rahim, tetapi Kāśī melepaskan makhluk dari “rahim” kelahiran berulang-ulang.
Word by Word
jananyāwith (one's) mother
jananyā:
Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootjananī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
sahatogether with
saha:
Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सह-शब्दः (postposition/particle meaning 'with')
naḥof us/our
naḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (enclitic)
kāśīKashi
kāśī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
labhetcould obtain
labhet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√labh (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्
upamitimcomparison, equivalence
upamitim:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootupamiti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
kvacitanywhere, ever
kvacit:
Adhikarana (Place/Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkvacit (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite adverb)
dhārayetwould hold/carry
dhārayet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dhṛ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
jananīa mother
jananī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjananī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
garbhein the womb
garbhe:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgarbha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
kāśīKashi
kāśī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
garbhātfrom the womb
garbhāt:
Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootgarbha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन
vimocayetwould release, would free
vimocayet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi√muc (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; causative sense not marked here (simple optative)
Speaker
Skanda (māhātmya exposition)
Characters & Entities
K
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)M
Mother (jananī)W
Womb/rebirth (garbha)L
Liberation (vimokṣa implied)FAQs
Earthly motherhood gives bodily birth, but Kāśī grants the higher deliverance—release from repeated birth.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), extolled as incomparable because it leads beings beyond rebirth.
None explicitly; the teaching supports the ideal of seeking moksha through Kāśī’s sacred presence.