Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93
Devanagari script
चिंतामवाप महतीं क्व यामि करवाणि किम् । नाहमभ्यस्तविद्योस्मि न चैवास्ति धनोस्म्यहम्
Transliteration
ciṃtāmavāpa mahatīṃ kva yāmi karavāṇi kim | nāhamabhyastavidyosmi na caivāsti dhanosmyaham
Translation
เขาตกอยู่ในความกังวลใหญ่หลวงว่า “เราจะไปที่ไหน? จะทำอะไร? เรามิได้ชำนาญในวิชา และเราก็มิได้มีทรัพย์สินเลย”
Word by Word
चिन्ताम्anxiety, worry
चिन्ताम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootचिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
अवापobtained, fell into
अवाप:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootअव+आप् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: आप् (to obtain), उपसर्ग: अव
महतīmgreat
महतīm:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying चिन्ताम्)
क्वwhere
क्व:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रश्नवाचक देशवाचक (interrogative adverb: where)
यामिshall I go / do I go
यामि:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
करवाणिshould I do
करवाणि:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative/Optative-like injunctive usage), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; रूप: करवाणि (what should I do)
किम्what
किम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक (what)
नnot
न:
निषेध
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्ता (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अभ्यस्तविद्यःlearned, trained in knowledge
अभ्यस्तविद्यः:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअभ्यस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थ: अभ्यस्ता विद्या यस्य (one who has studied/learned)
अस्मिam
अस्मि:
क्रिया (Copula)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
नnot
न:
निषेध
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निषेध
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक
एवindeed
एव:
अवधारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis/indeed)
अस्तिthere is
अस्ति:
क्रिया (Existence)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
धनःwealth
धनः:
कर्ता (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अस्मिam
अस्मि:
क्रिया (Copula)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्ता (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The youth sits or stands in a shadowed lane, hands to head, eyes downcast, voicing anxious questions about direction, livelihood, learning, and wealth.
Characters & Entities
D
Dīkṣitāṅgaja (context)FAQs
When supports like wealth and education are absent, one is pushed toward seeking a higher refuge—dharma and sacred direction.
No specific site is named; the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context keeps Kāśī as the spiritual horizon.
None.