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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

वाराणसी परिसरे तनुमिष्टदात्रीं धर्मार्थकामनिलयामहहाविसृज्य । इष्टं पदं किमपि हृष्टतरोभिलष्य लाभोस्तुमूलमपि नो यदवाप शून्यम्

Transliteration

vārāṇasī parisare tanumiṣṭadātrīṃ dharmārthakāmanilayāmahahāvisṛjya | iṣṭaṃ padaṃ kimapi hṛṣṭatarobhilaṣya lābhostumūlamapi no yadavāpa śūnyam

Translation

అయ్యో! వారాణసీ పరిసరంలో—ఇష్టదాత్రి, ధర్మార్థకామాల నివాసం—ఆ దేహాన్ని విడిచిన జీవుడు పరమానందంతో ఏదో ప్రియమైన పరమపదాన్ని కోరుకుంటాడు. లాభం కలుగుగాక; ఎందుకంటే ఇక్కడ దాని మూలమూ శూన్యం కాదు—నిశ్చయంగా అది లభిస్తుంది.

Word by Word
vārāṇasīin Vārāṇasī
vārāṇasī:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvārāṇasī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (contextual; with parisare), एकवचन (अर्थतः: वाराणस्याम्)
parisarein the vicinity
parisare:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootparisara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
tanumbody
tanum:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottanū (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
iṣṭa-dātrīmgranting desired (boons)
iṣṭa-dātrīm:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootiṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (इष्टं ददाति इति); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (tanum इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
dharma-artha-kāma-nilayāmabode of dharma, artha, and kāma
dharma-artha-kāma-nilayām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + nilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमाहार-द्वन्द्वपूर्वक तत्पुरुषभाव (धर्मार्थकामानां निलयः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (tanum इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
ahahaalas!/ah!
ahaha:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootahaha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (विस्मय/शोकादि-उद्गार interjection)
visṛjyahaving abandoned
visṛjya:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsṛj (धातु) उपसर्ग-वि + ल्यप्
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund)
iṣṭamdesired
iṣṭam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootiṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (padam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
padamstate/abode
padam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
kimwhat?/some
kim:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative particle)
apisome
api:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (अपि = even/also; here with kimapi = some)
hṛṣṭataraḥmore delighted
hṛṣṭataraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roothṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + tara (तर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative)
abhilaṣyahaving desired
abhilaṣya:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootlaṣ (धातु) उपसर्ग-अभि + ल्यप्
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund)
lābhaḥgain
lābhaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootlābha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
tubut
tu:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (विरोध/contrast)
mūlamroot/basis
mūlam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmūla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (lābhaḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणार्थे/उपमानार्थे)
apieven
api:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (अपि = even)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निषेध)
yatwhich/that
yat:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक
avāpaobtained
avāpa:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootāp (धातु) उपसर्ग-अव + लिट्
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
śūnyamemptiness/nothing
śūnyam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootśūnya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (अवाप इत्यस्य कर्म)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, having renounced the body in Kāśī, is shown moving beyond symbols of dharma (scripture), artha (coins), and kāma (garlands) toward a radiant, serene ‘iṣṭa pada’; the city’s ghāṭas glow behind as assurance of attainment.

Characters & Entities
V
Vārāṇasī
D
dharma
A
artha
K
kāma

FAQs

Kāśī is celebrated as a sure ground of attainment—supporting worldly puruṣārthas and pointing beyond them to a cherished highest state.

Vārāṇasī (Kāśī), especially its parisara (sacred precincts) as a giver of desired fruits and higher realization.

None explicitly; the verse centers on the consequence of relinquishing the body in Vārāṇasī and the certainty of attainment.

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