Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

इत्यगस्ते गणौ तौ तु गत्वा काशीं महापुरीम् । व्यावृत्याद्यापि नो यातौ क्वापि तत्रैव संस्थितौ

Transliteration

ityagaste gaṇau tau tu gatvā kāśīṃ mahāpurīm | vyāvṛtyādyāpi no yātau kvāpi tatraiva saṃsthitau

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့်၊ အဂஸ္တျာရေ၊ ဂဏနှစ်ပါးသည် ကာသီ မဟာမြို့သို့ သွားကြ၏။ သို့သော် ပြန်လာရန်မှ လှည့်ပြန်ပြီး ယနေ့တိုင် မည်သည့်နေရာသို့မျှ မသွားဘဲ ထိုနေရာ၌ပင် တည်နေကြ၏။

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• अगस्ते: O Agastya
• अगस्ते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• गणौ: the two gaṇas
• गणौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Anuvartaka (Correlative/अनुवर्तक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अनुयोग (particle: but/indeed)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• काशीम्: to Kāśī
• काशीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• महापुरीम्: the great city
• महापुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुरी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय (महती पुरी)

• व्यावृत्य: having turned back/returned
• व्यावृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + आ + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• अद्यापि: even now, still
• अद्यापि: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय; समाहार)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: even today/still now)

• नः: of us/our
• नः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); अस्माकम् (of us)

• यातौ: have gone
• यातौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्/लङ्-प्राय प्रयोग; भूतार्थे क्त-प्राय (here: past sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन (Dual)

• क्वापि: anywhere
• क्वापि: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चित-स्थानवाचक (indefinite locative adverb: anywhere)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: there)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle: indeed/only)

• संस्थितौ: (are) stationed, remained
• संस्थितौ: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya
• Kāśī
• Gaṇas (Ghaṃṭākarṇa and Mahodara implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s sanctity is so compelling that even divine attendants choose permanent residence there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī Mahāpurī (Vārāṇasī) as the enduring abode of sacred presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it emphasizes the result—remaining established in Kāśī.