Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

अथवा मद्विधानां हि केयं चिंता महात्मनाम् । स्वस्त्यस्तु तुभ्यमित्युक्त्वा ययौ स व्योमवर्त्मनि

Transliteration

athavā madvidhānāṃ hi keyaṃ ciṃtā mahātmanām | svastyastu tubhyamityuktvā yayau sa vyomavartmani

Translation

หรือว่าเรื่องนี้จะเป็นความกังวลอันใดสำหรับมหาตมะเช่นเรา? ครั้นกล่าวว่า “ขอความสวัสดีจงมีแก่ท่าน” แล้วเขาก็จากไปตามวิถีแห่งนภา

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle)

• मद्विधानाम्: of those like me
• मद्विधानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्-विधान (प्रातिपदिक; मत् + विधान)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘मद्विधान’ = मादृश (like me)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed)

• का: what
• का: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• चिन्ता: worry / concern
• चिन्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महात्मनाम्: of great-souled ones
• महात्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; महा + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• स्वस्ति: well-being / hail
• स्वस्ति: Sambandha (Benediction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; आशीर्वादार्थक (benedictive particle)

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभावः; ‘having said’

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• व्योमवर्त्मनि: on the path of the sky
• व्योमवर्त्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योम-वर्त्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; व्योमन् + वर्त्मन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (describing the Muni’s action)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage concludes with an auspicious blessing and ascends/vanishes along a luminous aerial path, leaving the mountain behind.

Characters & Entities

• Muni
• Vindhya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A great soul offers blessing and remains unattached, not entangled in disputes born of pride.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse functions within the broader Kāśī-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records a benediction (“svasti”) and departure.