Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

अनंतरं हसिष्यंति युक्तं दीक्षिततास्त्विति । सर्वेप्याक्षारयिष्यंति तव विप्रं च मां च वै

Transliteration

anaṃtaraṃ hasiṣyaṃti yuktaṃ dīkṣitatāstviti | sarvepyākṣārayiṣyaṃti tava vipraṃ ca māṃ ca vai

Translation

После этого они будут смеяться, говоря: «Вот, значит, какова “надлежащая” дикша!» И из‑за тебя все станут порицать и твоего брахмана‑наставника, и меня также.

Word by Word

• anantaram: immediately/afterwards
• anantaram: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण) = immediately/afterwards

• hasiṣyanti: will laugh
• hasiṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: has (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: हस् = to laugh

• yuktam: proper/fitting
• yuktam: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; भावे प्रयोग: ‘युक्तम्’ = it is proper

• dīkṣitatāḥ: initiated status/being initiated
• dīkṣitatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīkṣita-tā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; भाववाचक: दीक्षितत्वम् (state of being initiated)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अन्वय) = but/indeed

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण-समाप्ति) = thus (quotative)

• sarve: all (people)
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• ākṣārayiṣyanti: will taunt/reproach
• ākṣārayiṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-kṣar (धातु, णिच्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) of √kṣar/ākṣar = to taunt/reproach

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन

• vipram: Brahmin/priest
• vipram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) = and

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक-निपात) = indeed/assuredly

Speaker

Unspecified admonisher in narrative (within Skanda’s Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse to Agastya-context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A public lane scene: townspeople laugh and point; the boy stands embarrassed; the brāhmaṇa guardian/teacher and the mother/guardian are shown receiving reproach, emphasizing communal accountability around initiation.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After dīkṣā, one must live accordingly; otherwise disgrace falls not only on oneself but also on one’s teacher and family.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the verse operates within Kāśī’s broader dharma-teaching context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīkṣā is referenced conceptually, but no specific rite or procedure is prescribed here.