Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

केदाराद्दक्षिणे भागे नीलकंठ विलोकनात् । संसारोरगदष्टस्य तस्य नास्ति विषाद्भयम्

Transliteration

kedārāddakṣiṇe bhāge nīlakaṃṭha vilokanāt | saṃsāroragadaṣṭasya tasya nāsti viṣādbhayam

Translation

Na parte sul de Kedāra, ao contemplar Nīlakaṇṭha, para aquele que foi mordido pela serpente do saṃsāra não há temor do veneno do desalento.

Word by Word

• केदारात्: from Kedāra
• केदारात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (from)

• दक्षिणे: in the southern
• दक्षिणे: Sambandha (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; भागे इति विशेषणम्

• भागे: in the region/part
• भागे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (place)

• नीलकण्ठ: Nīlakaṇṭha (Śiva)
• नीलकण्ठ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक) + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object of seeing)

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

• संसार-उरग-दष्टस्य: of one bitten by the serpent of saṃsāra
• संसार-उरग-दष्टस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + उरग (प्रातिपदिक) + दष्ट (कृदन्त; √दंश्/दश्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध—तस्य इति विशेषणम्; अर्थः: "संसाररूपेण उरगेण दष्टः"

• तस्य: for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (for him)

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

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• विषात्: from poison
• विषात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान/हेतु (from poison)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Predicate/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृस्थानीयं (predicate nominative)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīlakaṇṭha (south of Kedāra)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: South of Kedāreśa, the Nīlakaṇṭha liṅga/shrine is shown; a devotee afflicted by the ‘serpent of saṃsāra’ is comforted as dark poison-clouds dissolve into calm light around Śiva’s blue-throated symbol.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra
• Nīlakaṇṭha
• Saṃsāra (worldly existence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-darśana neutralizes the inner ‘poison’ of despair caused by saṃsāra’s suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nīlakaṇṭha shrine/manifestation located south of Kedāra in Kāśī’s sacred topography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (vilokana)—the act of reverently beholding Nīlakaṇṭha.