Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

यास्यामि काशीमायाहि मायां हित्वा त्वमप्यहो । इति तेन सह त्वाष्ट्रो मुनिनातिकृपालुना

Transliteration

yāsyāmi kāśīmāyāhi māyāṃ hitvā tvamapyaho | iti tena saha tvāṣṭro muninātikṛpālunā

Translation

“నేను కాశీకి వెళ్తున్నాను—నీవూ రా; మాయను విడిచిపెట్టు!” అని చెప్పి, ఆ అత్యంత కృపాళు మునితో కలిసి త్వాష్టృడూ బయలుదేరాడు.

Word by Word

• यास्यामि: I shall go
• यास्यामि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• काशीम्: to Kashi
• काशीम्: Karma (Goal/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आयाहि: come
• आयाहि: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मायाम्: illusion
• मायाम्: Karma (Object of ‘हित्वा’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हित्वा: having abandoned
• हित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund) अव्यय; ‘having abandoned’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Emphasis/Addition (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• अहो: alas!/indeed!
• अहो: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मयादिबोधक निपात

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative)

• तेन: with him / by him
• तेन: Sahakari (Instrument/सहकारि-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक (contextual)

• सह: together with
• सह: Association marker (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• त्वाष्ट्रः: Tvāṣṭra (a person named thus)
• त्वाष्ट्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वाष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; (त्वष्टृ-सम्बन्धी/त्वष्टृपुत्र इत्यर्थे)

• मुनिना: with the sage
• मुनिना: Sahakari (Companion/instrumental/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• अतिकृपालुना: with the very compassionate (one)
• अतिकृपालुना: Sahakari qualifier (तृतीया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + कृपालु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय); पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (मुनिना)

Speaker

Tapasvī (first half); Narrator voice (second half)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Internal story addressee (not specified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A decisive departure: the speaker urges, 'I go to Kāśī—come too, abandoning māyā'; Tvāṣṭra sets out with the very compassionate sage.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Māyā
• Tvāṣṭra
• Muni (compassionate sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is paired with inner renunciation—abandoning māyā (delusive attachment) while moving toward a liberating sacred center.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as the destination worthy of immediate departure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; it prescribes a mindset for pilgrimage—‘māyāṃ hitvā’ (renounce delusion) while going to Kāśī.