Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

तद्वायव्यंबरीषेशो नरस्तदवलोकनात् । गर्भवासं न चाप्नोति संसारे दुःखसंकुले

Transliteration

tadvāyavyaṃbarīṣeśo narastadavalokanāt | garbhavāsaṃ na cāpnoti saṃsāre duḥkhasaṃkule

Translation

ਉਸ ਦੇ ਵਾਯਵ੍ਯ (ਉੱਤਰ-ਪੱਛਮ) ਪਾਸੇ ਅੰਬਾਰੀਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਹੈ; ਉਸ ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਨਾਲ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੁੱਖਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਭਰੇ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੁੜ ਗਰਭਵਾਸ (ਜਨਮ-ਮਰਨ) ਨਹੀਂ ਪਾਂਦਾ।

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेष्य-सूचन (that [liṅga/spot])

• वायव्य-अम्बरीष-ईशः: Vāyavya-Ambārīṣeśa (name of the deity)
• वायव्य-अम्बरीष-ईशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बरीष (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper name/title)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (that [deity/spot])

• अवलोकनात्: from seeing
• अवलोकनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव + लोकन (प्रातिपदिक; लोक्-धातोः भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ (from beholding)

• गर्भवासम्: dwelling in the womb (rebirth)
• गर्भवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

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

• च: and (even)
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction/and; here emphatic with negation)

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• संसारे: in worldly existence
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in saṃsāra)

• दुःख-संकुले: crowded with suffering
• दुःख-संकुले: Sambandha (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + संकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; संसारे इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambārīṣeśa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim turns northwest to Ambārīṣeśa; the shrine is depicted as a threshold beyond a wheel of births—womb imagery fades, replaced by a clear path of light signifying apunarbhava.

Characters & Entities

• Ambārīṣeśa
• Kedāra (implied reference point)
• Saṃsāra
• Garbha-vāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy darśana in Kāśī is portrayed as liberation-oriented, cutting the cycle of rebirth and womb-dwelling.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ambārīṣeśa, located to the northwest of the Kedāra locus within Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (avalokana) of Ambārīṣeśa as a liberation-linked act.