Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

ततः काशीं समासाद्य तेन पुण्येन नोदिताः । विश्वेश्वरप्रसादेन मोक्षमेष्यंत्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

tataḥ kāśīṃ samāsādya tena puṇyena noditāḥ | viśveśvaraprasādena mokṣameṣyaṃtyasaṃśayam

Translation

ครั้นแล้ว เมื่อถึงกาศีด้วยแรงบุญนั้นเอง ด้วยพระกรุณาแห่งวิศเวศวร เขาย่อมบรรลุโมกษะโดยปราศจากความสงสัย

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• काशीम्: Kāśī
• काशीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• समासाद्य: having reached
• समासाद्य: Kriya-viseshana (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (Absolutive/gerund)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुण्येन: by merit
• पुण्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• नोदिताः: impelled/urged
• नोदिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√उद् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययः क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; न + उदिताः → नोदिताः (सन्धि)

• विश्वेश्वरप्रसादेन: by the grace of Viśveśvara
• विश्वेश्वरप्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विश्वेश्वरस्य प्रसादेन)

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• एष्यन्ति: will attain/go to
• एष्यन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; मोक्षम् + एष्यन्ति → मोक्षमेष्यन्ति (सन्धि)

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) / Viśveśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/seekers within the Purāṇic frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims enter Kāśī’s inner lanes, guided by their accrued merit, arriving at Viśveśvara’s shrine; the liṅga radiates calm authority, suggesting ‘prasāda’ as the final cause of mokṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Viśveśvara (Śiva)
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit culminates in pilgrimage to Kāśī, where Śiva as Viśveśvara grants mokṣa by grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, especially the sphere of Viśveśvara, is glorified as a sure gateway to liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pilgrimage orientation: let accumulated puṇya lead one to Kāśī and seek Viśveśvara’s grace.