Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79
Devanagari script
विना सांख्येन योगेन विना स्वात्मावलोकनम् । विना व्रत तपो दानैः श्रेयोऽस्तु प्राणिनामिह
Transliteration
vinā sāṃkhyena yogena vinā svātmāvalokanam | vinā vrata tapo dānaiḥ śreyo'stu prāṇināmiha
Translation
ဤနေရာ၌ သတ္တဝါတို့သည် စာင်ခ္ယ မရှိဘဲ၊ ယောဂ မရှိဘဲ၊ ကိုယ်အတွင်းကို ပြန်လည်ကြည့်ရှုခြင်း မရှိဘဲ၊ ဝရတ၊ တပ၊ ဒါန မရှိဘဲပင် အမြင့်ဆုံး ကောင်းကျိုးကို ရပါစေ။
Word by Word
vināwithout
vinā:
Sambandha (Exclusion)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvinā (अव्यय)
Formअपवाद/वियोगवाचक अव्यय; तृतीया-सम्बन्धे (with instrumental)
sāṃkhyenaby Sāṃkhya (doctrine)
sāṃkhyena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsāṃkhya (सांख्य प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन
yogenaby Yoga
yogena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (योग प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन
vināwithout
vinā:
Sambandha (Exclusion)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvinā (अव्यय)
Formअपवाद/वियोगवाचक अव्यय; तृतीया-सम्बन्धे
svātma-avalokanamself-soul contemplation/seeing one’s own Self
svātma-avalokanam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsva + ātman + avalokana (प्रातिपदिके)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य आत्मनः अवलोकनम्)
vināwithout
vinā:
Sambandha (Exclusion)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvinā (अव्यय)
Formअपवाद/वियोगवाचक अव्यय; तृतीया-सम्बन्धे
vratavow/observance
vrata:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvrata (व्रत प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (समाहार/सामान्यनिर्देश)
tapaḥausterity
tapaḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (तपस् प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन
dānaiḥby gifts/charity
dānaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdāna (दान प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन
śreyaḥthe highest good
śreyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśreyas (श्रेयस् प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
astumay it be
astu:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (अस् धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative/benedictive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
prāṇināmof living beings
prāṇinām:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootprāṇin (प्राणिन् प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन
ihahere
iha:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (here)
Speaker
Skanda
Characters & Entities
K
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)Ā
Ānandavana (context)FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as so spiritually potent that it can bestow śreyas even beyond ordinary disciplines like yoga, tapas, or dāna.
Kāśī/Ānandavana as a preeminent mokṣa-kṣetra.
The verse does not prescribe a rite; it emphasizes the extraordinary salvific power of the kṣetra itself.