Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

चरित्रमपि वै तेषां ये स्मरिष्यंति मानवाः । मुक्तिमंडपमासाद्य श्रेयः प्राप्स्यंति तेपि हि

Transliteration

caritramapi vai teṣāṃ ye smariṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | muktimaṃḍapamāsādya śreyaḥ prāpsyaṃti tepi hi

Translation

ఆ భక్తుల పవిత్ర చరిత్రను ఎవరు స్మరిస్తారో, వారు కూడా ముక్తిమండపాన్ని చేరి నిశ్చయంగా పరమ శ్రేయస్సు మరియు ఆధ్యాత్మిక సిద్ధిని పొందుతారు.

Word by Word

• चरित्रम्: (the) conduct, story, account
• चरित्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive, Plural)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• स्मरिष्यन्ति: will remember
• स्मरिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd person plural)

• मानवाः: humans, people
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• मुक्तिमण्डपम्: the pavilion of liberation
• मुक्तिमण्डपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुक्तेः मण्डपः)

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having reached/approached)

• श्रेयः: the highest good, welfare
• श्रेयः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• प्राप्स्यन्ति: will attain
• प्राप्स्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd person plural)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय (also)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Muktimaṇḍapa (Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame tradition) / pilgrims-devotees (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene pavilion within Kāśī where devotees recount holy deeds; the Muktimaṇḍapa appears as a mandapa with lamps, garlands, and a subtle aura of liberation; listeners are shown receiving inner radiance merely by remembrance.

Characters & Entities

• Muktimaṇḍapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance of holy lives and sacred narratives itself becomes a liberating practice, leading one toward the highest spiritual good.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Muktimaṇḍapa in Kāśī is praised as a place associated with liberation and supreme welfare.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is prescribed; the practice emphasized is smaraṇa—devotional remembrance.