Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

त्रयीमयस्तुरीयोयस्तुर्यातीतोखिलात्मकः । नादबिंदुस्वरूपो यः स प्रैक्षि द्विजगामिना

Transliteration

trayīmayasturīyoyasturyātītokhilātmakaḥ | nādabiṃdusvarūpo yaḥ sa praikṣi dvijagāminā

Translation

వేదత్రయసారమైనవాడు, తురీయుడూ తురీయాతీతుడూ, సర్వాత్మకుడు; నాద-బిందు స్వరూపంగా ప్రకాశించేవాడైన ఆయనను ద్విజగామి (బ్రహ్ముడు) దర్శించాడు.

Word by Word

• trayī-mayaḥ: consisting of the three Vedas
• trayī-mayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: trayī + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—'त्रयीमयः' = 'made of the three Vedas'

• turīyaḥ: the fourth (state)
• turīyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: turīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'the fourth (state)'

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• turyātītaḥ: beyond the fourth
• turyātītaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: turya + atīta (अतीत; √i इ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—'तुर्यं अतीतः' = 'beyond the fourth'

• akhila-ātmakaḥ: whose nature is all (all-encompassing)
• akhila-ātmakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—'अखिलस्य आत्मा/स्वरूपं यस्य'

• nāda-bindu-svarūpaḥ: having the form of nāda and bindu
• nāda-bindu-svarūpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nāda + bindu + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—'नादबिन्दुरूपः'

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• praikṣi: saw/beheld
• praikṣi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + īkṣ (ईक्ष् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'he beheld/saw' (pra + aikṣīt type)

• dvija-gāminā: by/through the one approached by the twice-born
• dvija-gāminā: Karana/Agent (Instrument/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + gāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—'द्विजैः गामी' / 'द्विजगामी' (one approached by the twice-born)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Seekers of mokṣa and mantra-meaning

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic diagram: the three Vedas as three luminous streams merging into a central Oṃ; from it arise concentric sound-waves (nāda) collapsing into a brilliant point (bindu). Brahmā, the ‘twice-born traveller’, witnesses this vision in stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Nāda
• Bindu
• Turīya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The liberating reality is both Vedic in essence and transcendent, approachable as inner sound (nāda) and its subtle source (bindu).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s mokṣa-tradition, where inner realization of the supreme sound-principle is highlighted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it emphasizes contemplative vision/realization of the nāda-bindu principle.