Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

एतान्यवश्यं संसेव्य नरः प्राप्नोति शाश्वतम् । अन्यत्तत्रैव यद्वृत्तं तदाख्यामि मुने शृणु

Transliteration

etānyavaśyaṃ saṃsevya naraḥ prāpnoti śāśvatam | anyattatraiva yadvṛttaṃ tadākhyāmi mune śṛṇu

Translation

ଏହି ଲିଙ୍ଗମାନଙ୍କୁ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାରେ ନିତ୍ୟ ସେବନ କରୁଥିବା ନର ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଶାଶ୍ୱତ ପଦ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରେ। ହେ ମୁନି, ସେହି ସ୍ଥାନରେ ଘଟିଥିବା ଅନ୍ୟ ଏକ ବୃତ୍ତାନ୍ତ ଏବେ କହୁଛି—ଶୁଣ।

Word by Word

• etāni: these (things)
• etāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्दः (pronoun)

• avaśyam: certainly, necessarily
• avaśyam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: avaśya (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• saṃsevya: having served/associated with
• saṃsevya: Kriyā (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sev (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having served/associated)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• śāśvatam: the eternal (state)
• śāśvatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāśvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेष्यरूपेण (as object)

• anyat: another (thing)
• anyat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; अनिर्णीत-विभक्ति (contextual)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: there)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle of emphasis)

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• vṛttam: happened event, account
• vṛttam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtta (प्रातिपदिक; √vṛt क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूतवृत्त/घटना (event)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• ākhyāmi: I tell, I relate
• ākhyāmi: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8), एकवचन

• śṛṇu: listen
• śṛṇu: Kriyā (Imperative/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra liṅga-samūha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage setting in Kāśī: a sequence of revered liṅgas being worshipped by pilgrims; the storyteller gestures to begin a new episode ‘in that very place’.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya (implied by mune)
• Kāśī (implied)
• Pañcavaktra-liṅgas (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent sevā/upāsanā of Kāśī’s Śiva shrines is portrayed as a direct path to enduring spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same local Kāśī shrine-complex of liṅgas described in the preceding verses (around Dharmeśa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃsevanā—regular, devoted visitation and service (darśana, arcana, and reverence implied).