Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

त्रिरात्रमपिये काश्यां वसंति नियतेंद्रियाः । तेषां पुनंति नियतं स्पृष्टाश्चरणरेणवः

Transliteration

trirātramapiye kāśyāṃ vasaṃti niyateṃdriyāḥ | teṣāṃ punaṃti niyataṃ spṛṣṭāścaraṇareṇavaḥ

Translation

แม้ผู้ใดพำนักในกาศีเพียงสามราตรี ด้วยอินทรีย์สำรวม—เพียงได้สัมผัสธุลีจากบาทของเขา ก็ย่อมชำระผู้อื่นให้บริสุทธิ์แน่นอน

Word by Word

• त्रिरात्रम्: for three nights
• त्रिरात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म; कालाधिकरणार्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिरात्र (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + रात्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; कालपरिमाणवाचक (accusative of duration)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• वसन्ति: live/dwell
• वसन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• नियतेंद्रियाः: with controlled senses
• नियतेंद्रियाः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नियतानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य/येषाम्)

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

• पुनन्ति: purify
• पुनन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• नियमम्: certainly/regularly
• नियमम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नियत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• स्पृष्टाः: having touched
• स्पृष्टाः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• चरणरेणवः: the dust of (their) feet
• चरणरेणवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरण (प्रातिपदिक) + रेणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चरणस्य रेणवः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Vārāṇasī/Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (contextually, as the subsequent verses address him)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stream of pilgrims in Kāśī, living austerely for three nights; their feet raise sacred dust that purifies onlookers; ghats and temples glow in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Vrata (sense-restraint)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Residence in Kāśī, even briefly, when paired with self-restraint, generates such purity that it sanctifies others as well.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a mokṣa-kṣetra whose very association purifies.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A three-night stay in Kāśī with controlled senses (niyatendriya) is highlighted as a potent observance.