Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणा हरिणा सार्धं ततोऽगाद्रंगमंडपम् । स्कंद उवाच । श्रुत्वाध्यायमिमं पुण्यं परमानंदकारणम् । नरः परां मुदं प्राप्य कैलासं प्राप्स्यति ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

brahmaṇā hariṇā sārdhaṃ tato'gādraṃgamaṃḍapam | skaṃda uvāca | śrutvādhyāyamimaṃ puṇyaṃ paramānaṃdakāraṇam | naraḥ parāṃ mudaṃ prāpya kailāsaṃ prāpsyati dhruvam

Translation

ထို့နောက် ဘြဟ္မာနှင့် ဟရီ(ဗိဿနု) တို့နှင့်အတူ ရင်္ဂမဏ္ဍပသို့ သွားတော်မူ၏။ စကန္ဒက မိန့်တော်မူသည်– “ဤပုဏ္ဏအခန်းကို ကြားနာသူသည် အမြင့်ဆုံး အာနန္ဒ၏ အကြောင်းရင်းကို ရရှိ၍ အလွန်ကြီးမားသော ပျော်ရွှင်မှုကို ရပြီး မလွဲမသွေ ကైలాసသို့ ရောက်လိမ့်မည်။”

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणा: with Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन

• हरिणा: with Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिणा: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन

• सार्धम्: together
• सार्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment marker/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (together with); तृतीया-सहचर्ये

• ततः: then / from there
• ततः: Adhikarana (Source/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (from there/then)

• अगात्: went
• अगात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रङ्गमण्डपम्: the stage pavilion
• रङ्गमण्डपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रङ्ग + मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—रङ्गस्य मण्डपः (stage-pavilion)

• स्कंदः: Skanda
• स्कंदः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); श्रु-धातोः; पूर्वक्रिया (having heard)

• अध्यायम्: chapter
• अध्यायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण

• पुण्यम्: meritorious, holy
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (अध्यायस्य)

• परमानन्दकारणम्: cause of supreme bliss
• परमानन्दकारणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + आनन्द + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—परमस्य आनन्दस्य कारणम् (cause of supreme bliss); विशेषण (अध्यायस्य)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (मुदम्)

• मुदम्: joy
• मुदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); प्र-आप्-धातोः; पूर्वक्रिया (having attained)

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• प्राप्स्यति: will attain
• प्राप्स्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम्; क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverbial use: certainly)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raṅgamaṇḍapa (Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva proceeds with Brahmā and Hari to the Raṅgamaṇḍapa; then Skanda delivers the concluding fruit-of-hearing: supreme bliss, great joy, and assured attainment of Kailāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Raṅgamaṇḍapa
• Kailāsa
• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to sacred Kāśī narratives grants merit, joy, and a Shaiva goal—attainment of Kailāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s sacred pavilions (Raṅgamaṇḍapa/Muktimaṇḍapa context) are central, and Kailāsa is upheld as the transcendent destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing/recitation of the chapter (śravaṇa of the adhyāya) is presented as the meritorious practice.