Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

यत्रत्यामृतसंतृप्तास्तापत्रितयवर्जिताः । स्याम त्वमृतमेवाद्धा विश्वनाथप्रसादतः

Transliteration

yatratyāmṛtasaṃtṛptāstāpatritayavarjitāḥ | syāma tvamṛtamevāddhā viśvanāthaprasādataḥ

Translation

Ali, nutridos por esse amṛta, livres das três espécies de aflição, que nos tornemos verdadeiramente imortais—sim, de fato—pela graça de Viśvanātha, o Senhor de Kāśī.

Word by Word

• यत्रत्या: dwelling there
• यत्रत्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत्रत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative plural; adjective)

• अमृतसंतृप्ताः: satiated with nectar
• अमृतसंतृप्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत-संतृप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अमृत + सम्-तृप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे (past participle used adjectivally)

• तापत्रितयवर्जिताः: free from the threefold afflictions
• तापत्रितयवर्जिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताप-त्रितय-वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ताप + त्रितय + वर्जित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन (Optative, 1st person plural)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थ-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• अमृतम्: nectar/immortality
• अमृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• एव: only/indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (restrictive particle)

• अद्धा: certainly
• अद्धा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्धा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थ-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: certainly)

• विश्वनाथप्रसादतः: from the grace of Viśvanātha
• विश्वनाथप्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वनाथ-प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक; विश्वनाथ + प्रसाद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे (Masculine, Ablative singular; causal)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī with Uttaravāhinī Gaṅgā (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience; continues the quoted aspiration of exalted beings

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims/sages at a luminous ghat-temple axis: Gaṅgā shimmering like nectar; above, Viśvanātha radiates calm; three shadowy forms (tāpa-traya) dissolve into light as devotees receive prasāda.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvanātha (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is framed as both sacred-place blessing and Śiva’s grace: in Kāśī, the devotee aspires to freedom from all suffering and to immortality (mokṣa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, under the lordship of Viśvanātha, in the same chapter praising the Uttaravāhinī Gaṅgā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it is a prayerful aspiration grounded in Viśvanātha’s prasāda (grace) and the sanctity of the place.