Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69
Devanagari script
ततः कौमारमासाद्य वयोऽभिध्यानशीलिना । भवता सर्वविद्यानां भाव्यं वै पारदृश्वना
Transliteration
tataḥ kaumāramāsādya vayo'bhidhyānaśīlinā | bhavatā sarvavidyānāṃ bhāvyaṃ vai pāradṛśvanā
Translation
பின் இளமை அடைந்ததும் நீ படிப்பிலும் தியானத்திலும் ஈடுபட வேண்டும்; ஓ தொலைநோக்கனே, எல்லா கல்விகளையும் அறிந்தவனாக நீ ஆக வேண்டும்.
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb: 'then/thereafter')
कौमारम्boyhood
कौमारम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकौमार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Neuter, Acc singular: 'boyhood')
आसाद्यhaving attained
आसाद्य:
Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√सद्/√आसद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): 'having reached/attained'
वयःage
वयः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc singular: 'age')
अभिध्यानशीलिनाby one devoted to meditation
अभिध्यानशीलिना:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअभिध्यान + शीलिन् (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (Instrumental singular; 'one whose habit is meditation')
भवताby you
भवता:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/भवद्-शब्द)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (Instrumental singular: 'by you' honorific)
सर्वविद्यानाम्of all knowledges/arts
सर्वविद्यानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + विद्या (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (Genitive plural: 'of all sciences/arts')
भाव्यम्should become/should be
भाव्यम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√भू (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: 'to be/should become')
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
पारदृश्वनाO Pāradṛśvan (epithet/name)
पारदृश्वना:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपारदृश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन (Vocative singular; proper epithet/name)
Speaker
Sunīti (contextual, Dhruva narrative)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A youth seated with palm-leaf manuscripts, listening to a teacher; behind them, a quiet shrine or riverbank suggests contemplation alongside study.
Characters & Entities
D
DhruvaFAQs
It presents a conventional dharmic sequencing of life—education and contemplation first—before intense renunciation.
No tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse.
No ritual is prescribed; it recommends study and reflective discipline.