Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

काशी पुरीमधिवसन्द्रिनरोनरोपिह्मारोप्यमाणैहमान्यहवैकरुद्रः । नानोपसर्गजनिसर्गजदुःखभारैःकर्मापनुद्यसविशेत्परमेशधाम्नि

Transliteration

kāśī purīmadhivasandrinaronaropihmāropyamāṇaihamānyahavaikarudraḥ | nānopasargajanisargajaduḥkhabhāraiḥkarmāpanudyasaviśetparameśadhāmni

Translation

ਜੋ ਕੋਈ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਕਾਸ਼ੀ ਪੁਰੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ—ਭਾਵੇਂ ਅਨੇਕ ਉਪਦ੍ਰਵਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਸਾਰਕ ਹਾਲਾਤਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਜਨਮੇ ਦੁੱਖਾਂ ਦੇ ਭਾਰੀ ਬੋਝ ਨਾਲ ਦਬਿਆ ਹੋਵੇ—ਉਹ ਆਪਣੇ ਕਰਮਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਝਾੜ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸਭ ਮਾਨਯੋਗ ਏਕ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ, ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਦੇ ਪਰਮ ਧਾਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਵੇਸ਼ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• काशी: Kāśī
• काशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पुरीम्: city
• पुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अधिवसन्: dwelling (in)
• अधिवसन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग) + वस् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अधिवसन् = dwelling

• त्रि-नर-नर-उपि: even (a man ...); text uncertain
• त्रि-नर-नर-उपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रि + नर + नर + उपि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: पाठदोष/सन्दिग्धपाठः; सम्भाव्यः पाठः ‘त्रिनरनरोऽपि’ (= त्रि-नर-नरः अपि) इति; अत्र अव्यय-प्रयोगः (अपि)

• आरोप्यमाणैः: by (faults) being attributed/imposed
• आरोप्यमाणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) + रूप्/रुह् (धातु) + यमान (कृत्)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्मणि कृदन्त (यमान), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘being imposed/attributed’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• मान्यः: honourable
• मान्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अह: ah!
• अह: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अह (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मय/उद्गार (interjection)

• एक-रुद्रः: the one Rudra (Śiva)
• एक-रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; एकः रुद्रः (शिवः)

• नाना-उपसर्ग-जनिसर्गज-दुःख-भारैः: by burdens of diverse afflictions, birth, innate-origin sufferings
• नाना-उपसर्ग-जनिसर्गज-दुःख-भारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना + उपसर्ग + जनि + सर्गज + दुःख + भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; नानाविधैः ... भारैः

• कर्म: karma
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (कर्म-शब्दः कर्मरूपेण)

• अपनुद्य: having dispelled
• अपनुद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग) + नुद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having removed’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• विशेत्: may enter
• विशेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• परमेशधाम्नि: in the supreme Lord’s abode
• परमेशधाम्नि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेश + धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; परमेशस्य धाम्नि

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages / internal audience of Kāśī-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A weary pilgrim burdened with symbolic chains of karma and bundles of sorrow enters Kāśī’s sacred lanes; a radiant Rudra/Śiva presence dissolves the chains, opening a luminous path to the supreme abode.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Parameśvara
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Living in Kāśī is praised as a direct means to karmic purification and entry into Śiva’s supreme abode, even for those weighed down by worldly suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred city of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as Parameśvara’s own realm and a foremost place of liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse; the emphasized practice is simply “dwelling in Kāśī” (adhivāsa) as a liberating observance.