Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

भूर्लोकं जननी भक्त्या भुवर्लोकं तथा पितुः । गुरोः शुश्रूषणात्तद्वत्स्वर्लोकं च जयेत्कृती

Transliteration

bhūrlokaṃ jananī bhaktyā bhuvarlokaṃ tathā pituḥ | guroḥ śuśrūṣaṇāttadvatsvarlokaṃ ca jayetkṛtī

Translation

Преданностью матери способный обретает Бхурлоку; преданностью отцу — Бхуварлоку; и так же служением гуру — Сваргалоку.

Word by Word

• भूः: Bhū (earth-world)
• भूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• जननी: mother
• जननी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भुवः: Bhuvaḥ (mid-region world)
• भुवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: 'likewise/so')

• पितुः: of the father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• गुरोः: of the teacher
• गुरोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• शुश्रूषणात्: from (the act of) service/attendance
• शुश्रूषणात्: Apadana (Source/cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुश्रूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तद्वत्: in the same manner
• तद्वत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (अव्यय/तद्धितान्त)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: 'in the same way')

• स्वः: Svaḥ (heaven-world)
• स्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जयेत्: should conquer
• जयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृती: the capable/virtuous man
• कृती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतिन्/कृती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Characters & Entities

• Bhūrloka
• Bhuvarloka
• Svargaloka
• mother
• father
• guru
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to mother, father, and guru is not merely social virtue—it is a spiritually cosmic discipline linked to attaining higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī teaching tradition, presenting dharma as the inner ‘pilgrimage’ of the sacred city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti to mother and father, and śuśrūṣā to the guru—devotional service as a prescribed dharmic practice.