Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

देवः सर्वज्ञनाथोपि न किंचिदवबुध्यति । मानापमानयोर्यस्मादसौ दूरे व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

devaḥ sarvajñanāthopi na kiṃcidavabudhyati | mānāpamānayoryasmādasau dūre vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

ପ୍ରଭୁ ସର୍ବଜ୍ଞ ନାଥ ହେଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଏଥିରେ କିଛି ଅବବୋଧ କରନ୍ତି ନାହିଁ; କାରଣ ସେ ମାନ ଓ ଅପମାନ—ଉଭୟରୁ ଦୂରେ, ଅତୀତରେ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ।

Word by Word

• देवः: the god/Lord
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वज्ञनाथः: the omniscient Lord
• सर्वज्ञनाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वज्ञ + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘सर्वज्ञश्चासौ नाथश्च’

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-अव्यय (particle)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘anything’

• अवबुध्यति: understands/perceives
• अवबुध्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + बुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मानापमानयोः: of honor and dishonor
• मानापमानयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान + अपमान (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी (6th/7th Gen/Loc), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वः ‘मानश्च अपमानश्च’

• यस्मात्: because/from which reason
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थक-सम्बन्धक

• असौ: he (that one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; दूरवाचक-सर्वनाम

• दूरे: far away
• दूरे: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (adverbial locative) ‘far away’

• व्यवस्थितः: is situated/stands
• व्यवस्थितः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = situated/established

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva seated in profound stillness, gaze inward, while around Him figures offer garlands and others hurl insults—both dissolve into the same silence; Devī stands nearby as compassionate power, yet the Lord remains beyond māna/apamāna.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Deva, Sarvajña)
• Māna
• Apamāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine (and yogic) greatness is equanimity—standing beyond praise and blame, honor and insult.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the teaching is a universal dharmic principle presented in the Kailāsa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it teaches inner discipline (udāsīnatā/equanimity) rather than an external rite.