Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

येन काशी हृदि ध्याता येन काशीह सेविता । तेनाहं हृदि संध्यातस्तेनाहं सेवितः सदा

Transliteration

yena kāśī hṛdi dhyātā yena kāśīha sevitā | tenāhaṃ hṛdi saṃdhyātastenāhaṃ sevitaḥ sadā

Translation

Por aquele que medita em Kāśī no coração e por aquele que serve a Kāśī aqui, por ele eu sou lembrado no coração; por ele sou sempre servido com veneração.

Word by Word

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (by whom)

• काशी: Kāśī
• काशी: Karma (Object of passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• ध्याता: meditated upon
• ध्याता: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु) → ध्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with काशी)

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• काशी: Kāśī
• काशी: Karma (Object of passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• सेविता: served/worshipped
• सेविता: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु) → सेवित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with काशी)

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• संध्यातः: meditated upon
• संध्यातः: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + ध्यै (धातु) → संध्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with अहम्)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सेवितः: served
• सेवितः: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु) → सेवित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with अहम्)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (always)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from first-person claim of being meditated and served through Kāśī-sevā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Those devoted to Kāśī—pilgrims and residents

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee meditates with Kāśī’s ghāṭs and Viśvanātha appearing within a heart-lotus; simultaneously, the devotee offers service at the ghāṭ—suggesting inner and outer worship merging.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Kāśī—through meditation and service—is equated with devotion to Śiva himself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as inseparable from Śiva’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sevā (service) and dhyāna (heart-meditation) centered on Kāśī.