Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

इदं वरुणलोकस्य स्वरूपं ते निरूपितम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा न नरः क्वापि दुरपायैः प्रबाध्यते

Transliteration

idaṃ varuṇalokasya svarūpaṃ te nirūpitam | yacchrutvā na naraḥ kvāpi durapāyaiḥ prabādhyate

Translation

ดังนี้ ลักษณะของโลกแห่งพระวรุณะได้อธิบายแก่ท่านแล้ว เมื่อได้ฟังแล้ว บุคคลย่อมไม่ถูกรบกวนด้วยเคราะห์ร้ายอันหนักหนา ณ ที่ใดๆ

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• varuṇa-lokasya: of Varuṇa’s world
• varuṇa-lokasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (varuṇasya lokaḥ)

• svarūpam: nature/form
• svarūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• te: to you/for you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी (2/4), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• nirūpitam: has been described
• nirūpitam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√rūp (धातु; रूप्/रूपय्) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• naraḥ: a man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• kvāpi: anywhere
• kvāpi: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvāpi (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite adverb: ‘anywhere’)

• durapāyaiḥ: by great dangers
• durapāyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durapāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• prabādhyate: is afflicted/harassed
• prabādhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√bādh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varuṇeśvara/Vāruṇī māhātmya (as the heard account)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor receiving the explanation (‘te nirūpitam’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher narrates Varuṇa-loka’s splendor to attentive listeners; above them, a visionary tableau of Varuṇa’s realm—watery palaces, makara banners—while dark clouds of misfortune disperse.

Characters & Entities

• Varuṇa
• Varuṇaloka
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (reverent hearing) of sacred tīrtha-lore is itself meritorious and protective, reflecting Purāṇic dharma’s emphasis on listening as a sādhana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to the Kāśī context, centered on Varuṇeśvara and the Varuṇa-associated sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the māhātmya—is presented as the efficacious act.