Shloka 19 - Adhyaya 46 - Uttara Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Portuguese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अत्रत्यः प्राणिमात्रोपि रक्षणीयः प्रयत्नतः । एकस्मिन्रक्षिते जंतावत्र काश्यां प्रयत्नतः । त्रैलोक्यरक्षणात्पुण्यं यत्स्यात्तत्स्यान्न संशयः

Transliteration

atratyaḥ prāṇimātropi rakṣaṇīyaḥ prayatnataḥ | ekasminrakṣite jaṃtāvatra kāśyāṃ prayatnataḥ | trailokyarakṣaṇātpuṇyaṃ yatsyāttatsyānna saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Nesta Kāśī, até a menor criatura deve ser protegida com todo esforço. Se aqui em Kāśī, com empenho sincero, se resguarda ainda que um só ser, o mérito obtido é igual ao que nasce de proteger os três mundos—sem dúvida alguma.

Word by Word

अत्रत्यःone who is here (a resident here)

प्राणिमात्रःany living being (even a mere creature)

अपिeven/also

रक्षणीयःshould be protected

प्रयत्नतःwith effort

एकस्मिन्in one (case/person)

रक्षितेwhen protected / in (the) protected (one)

जन्तौin/with regard to a creature

अत्रhere

काश्याम्in Kāśī

प्रयत्नतःwith effort

त्रैलोक्यरक्षणात्from protecting the three worlds

पुण्यम्merit

यत्which

स्यात्would be

तत्that

स्यात्would be

नnot

संशयःdoubt

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Kāśī gently rescues a small creature near a ghat, with Viśveśvara’s presence implied; the city’s temples and Gaṅgā frame the act of compassion as cosmic-scale protection.

Characters & Entities

Kāśī

Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate protection of life in Kāśī is presented as an exceptionally powerful dharma, yielding vast merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is glorified as a uniquely merit-multiplying sacred field (kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the instruction is ethical-dharmic: protect living beings diligently while in Kāśī.