Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

कालो निमिषमात्रोपि यान्विना न सुखं व्रजेत् । अस्माकमपि तस्यापि संति ते तत्र मानिताः

Transliteration

kālo nimiṣamātropi yānvinā na sukhaṃ vrajet | asmākamapi tasyāpi saṃti te tatra mānitāḥ

Translation

ସେମାନଙ୍କ ବିନା ଏକ ନିମିଷ ମାତ୍ର ମଧ୍ୟ କାଳ ସୁଖରେ ଗତି କରେ ନାହିଁ; ଆମ ପାଇଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଓ ତାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ମଧ୍ୟ, ସେହି ଲୋକମାନେ ସେଠାରେ ସମ୍ମାନିତ।

Word by Word

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• निमिषमात्रः: only a moment long
• निमिषमात्रः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nimiṣa-mātra (प्रातिपदिक; निमिष + मात्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (निमिषस्य मात्रः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; even)

• यान्: whom/which (persons)
• यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• विना: without
• विना: Apādāna (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपादानार्थक/preposition-like indeclinable; ‘without’)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• सुखम्: happily, with ease
• सुखम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial accusative/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (क्रियाविशेषणवत्)

• व्रजेत्: would go/proceed
• व्रजेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; also)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• सन्ति: are
• सन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• मानिताः: honored, respected
• मानिताः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mān (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Bṛhaspati (contextual continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A balanced tableau: the king’s court and the devas’ camp both shown honoring the same respected figures—counselors/allies—signifying their indispensability to happiness and the flow of time.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• the honored supporters

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honor given to the worthy sustains harmony; valued allies are essential for well-being and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-khaṇḍa provides the sacred frame, though the verse itself is not a direct tirtha-glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.