Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यस्याश्रमे ऽत्र दृश्यंते हिंस्रा अपि समंततः । सत्त्वरूपा अमी सत्त्वास्त्यक्त्वा वैरं स्वभावजम्

Transliteration

yasyāśrame 'tra dṛśyaṃte hiṃsrā api samaṃtataḥ | sattvarūpā amī sattvāstyaktvā vairaṃ svabhāvajam

Translation

ในอาศรมของท่าน ณ ที่นี้ แม้สัตว์ดุร้ายรอบด้านก็ยังปรากฏเป็นผู้มีสภาวะสัตตวะ อ่อนโยน; เพราะพวกมันละทิ้งความพยาบาทที่ติดมาโดยธรรมชาติแล้ว

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्ध (whose)

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचनम्

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (here)

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen
• दृश्यन्ते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (are seen)

• हिंस्राः: violent
• हिंस्राः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hiṃsra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘sattvāḥ’)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-अव्ययम् (even/also)

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; सर्वतः-पर्याय (on all sides/everywhere)

• सत्त्व: sattva/gentleness
• सत्त्व: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग; ‘सत्त्व-रूपाः’ इत्यत्र (of gentle/‘sattva’ nature)

• रूपाः: of gentle nature
• रूपाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचनम्; ‘सत्त्व-रूप’ तत्पुरुषसमासः (having the form/nature of sattva)

• अमी: these
• अमी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम (these/those)

• सत्त्वाः: beings
• सत्त्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचनम् (beings/creatures)

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषणम् (Gerund); ‘having abandoned’

• वैरम्: enmity
• वैरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचनम्

• स्वभावजम्: born of (their) nature
• स्वभावजम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svabhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचनम्; ‘स्वभाव-ज’ तत्पुरुषसमासः (born of one’s nature)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (āśrama within the kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil hermitage scene where normally violent animals sit peacefully together; the ascetic’s presence radiates calm, and the environment appears softened and harmonious.

Characters & Entities

• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is measured by its radiance of peace: true tapas creates an atmosphere where even hostility dissolves into sattva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sanctified āśrama within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography—associated in context with the sage-world (Agastya’s vicinity).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it highlights the ethical fruit of sanctity—ahimsa and the abandonment of natural enmity.