Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ब्रुवतोरिति संकथां तथा गणयोर्वैष्णवयोर्मुदावहाम् । ध्रुवलोकौपागतस्ततो नयनातिथ्यमतथ्यवर्जितः

Transliteration

bruvatoriti saṃkathāṃ tathā gaṇayorvaiṣṇavayormudāvahām | dhruvalokaupāgatastato nayanātithyamatathyavarjitaḥ

Translation

Пока двое вайшнавских спутников продолжали рассказывать ту радостную повесть, он увидел того, кто достиг мира Дхрувы: явление, как гость для глаз, без всякой лжи и изъяна.

Word by Word

• ब्रुवतोः: of the two who were speaking
• ब्रुवतोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/वर्तमान-प्रत्यय), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन; “of the two speaking”

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• संकथाम्: conversation/narration
• संकथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/so
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: “thus/so/likewise”)

• गणयोः: of the two attendants (gaṇas)
• गणयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन

• वैष्णवयोः: of the two Vaiṣṇava
• वैष्णवयोः: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of गणयोः)

• मुदा-आवहाम्: bringing joy
• मुदा-आवहाम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुदा (प्रातिपदिक) + आवह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—मुदा+आवह (उपपद-तत्पुरुष: “bringing joy”); विशेषण (of संकथाम्)

• ध्रुव-लोक-उपागतः: having reached Dhruva-loka
• ध्रुव-लोक-उपागतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + उपागत (कृदन्त; उप+गम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—ध्रुवलोक (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + उपागत (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समाससम्बद्ध); भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• ततः: thereupon/from there
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (from there/then)

• नयन-अतिथ्यम्: a sight/meeting (a feast for the eyes)
• नयन-अतिथ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नयन (प्रातिपदिक) + अतिथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—नयनस्य अतिथ्यम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: “hospitality of the eyes” = sight/meeting)

• अतथ्य-वर्जितः: free from untruth
• अतथ्य-वर्जितः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतथ्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त; वर्ज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—अतथ्यं वर्जितः (तत्पुरुष); भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two radiant Vaiṣṇava attendants continue a sweet narrative; before the listener appears a being marked by Dhruvaloka attainment—calm, luminous, and impeccably truthful—arriving like an honored guest to the eyes.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiṣṇava gaṇa
• Dhruvaloka
• Dhruva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Joyful remembrance of dharmic exemplars (like Dhruva) elevates the mind toward higher realms and faultless vision—truthful, purified perception.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Kāśī’s māhātmya (Vārāṇasī), but this verse specifically evokes Dhruvaloka rather than a named Kāśī tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it emphasizes the merit and uplifting power of listening to sacred kathā.