Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तौ द्रष्टव्यौ प्रयत्नेन क्षेत्रनिर्विघ्न हेतवे । हुंडनेशं मुंडनेशं तत्र दृष्ट्वा सुखी भवेत्

Transliteration

tau draṣṭavyau prayatnena kṣetranirvighna hetave | huṃḍaneśaṃ muṃḍaneśaṃ tatra dṛṣṭvā sukhī bhavet

Translation

Para que o kṣetra fique sem impedimentos, deve-se buscar com empenho a visão desses dois: Huṃḍaneśa e Muṃḍaneśa. Ao contemplá-los ali, a pessoa torna-se feliz e serena.

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन

• द्रष्टव्यौ: should be seen
• द्रष्टव्यौ: Vidhi (Obligation/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be seen)

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort
• प्रयत्नेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• क्षेत्रनिर्विघ्न: (for) the obstacle-free (state of the) field
• क्षेत्रनिर्विघ्न: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षेत्र + निर्विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (हेतवे इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धेन), प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय (निर्विघ्नं क्षेत्रम्)

• हेतवे: for the sake of, as a cause
• हेतवे: Sampradāna (Purpose/recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• हुंडनेशम्: Lord Huṇḍana
• हुंडनेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुंडन + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हुंडनस्य ईशः)

• मुंडनेशम्: Lord Muṇḍana
• मुंडनेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुंडन + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुंडनस्य ईशः)

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

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund/absolutive)

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse traditionally framed as Skanda’s teaching)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Huṃḍaneśa–Muṃḍaneśa darśana-sthāna (Varaṇā-taṭa)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim earnestly approaches the two guardian forms, Huṃḍaneśa and Muṃḍaneśa, seeking their darśana to make the kṣetra free of hindrances; the pilgrim’s face relaxes into visible ease after the sight.

Characters & Entities

• Huṃḍaneśa
• Muṃḍaneśa
• Kāśī-kṣetra
• Varaṇā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only travel but intentional darśana; seeing the kṣetra’s guardians is taught as a means to remove impediments and gain inner ease.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Huṃḍaneśa–Muṃḍaneśa spot on/near Varaṇā-tīra within Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical prescription is given: make effort to obtain darśana of Huṃḍaneśa and Muṃḍaneśa for nirvighnatā (freedom from obstacles).