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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

काश्यां धर्मस्तच्चतुष्पादरूपः काश्यामर्थः सोप्यने कप्रकारः । काश्यां कामः सर्वसौख्यैकभूमिः काश्यां श्रेयस्तत्तु किंनात्र यच्च

Transliteration

kāśyāṃ dharmastaccatuṣpādarūpaḥ kāśyāmarthaḥ sopyane kaprakāraḥ | kāśyāṃ kāmaḥ sarvasaukhyaikabhūmiḥ kāśyāṃ śreyastattu kiṃnātra yacca

Translation

ในกาศี ธรรมะตั้งมั่นในรูปสี่บาท; ในกาศี อรรถะก็ได้มาหลายประการ. ในกาศี กามะมีพื้นเดียวแห่งความสุขทั้งปวง; และในกาศีมีศฺเรยัส คือความดีสูงสุดเอง—แล้วคุณความประเสริฐใดเล่าที่ไม่พบ ณ ที่นี่

Word by Word
काश्याम्in Kāśī
काश्याम्:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootकाशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)
धर्मःdharma
धर्मः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
तत्that
तत्:
Anuvṛtti/Deictic
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)
चतुष्पादfour-footed/fourfold
चतुष्पाद:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर् + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्विगुसमास (चत्वारः पादाः यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — समासाङ्ग
रूपःform
रूपः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
काश्याम्in Kāśī
काश्याम्:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootकाशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)
अर्थःartha (wealth/aim)
अर्थः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
सःhe/that
सः:
Anuvṛtti/Pronominal reference
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha/Emphasis
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
अनेकmany
अनेक:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular) — समासाङ्ग
प्रकारःkind/mode
प्रकारः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
काश्याम्in Kāśī
काश्याम्:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootकाशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)
कामःkāma (desire)
कामः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
सर्वall
सर्व:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासाङ्ग (compound member)
सौख्यhappiness
सौख्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — समासाङ्ग (Neuter, Genitive, Singular; compound member)
एकsingle/one
एक:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासाङ्ग (compound member)
भूमिःground/abode
भूमिः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)
काश्याम्in Kāśī
काश्याम्:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootकाशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)
श्रेयःthe highest good
श्रेयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)
तत्that
तत्:
Anuvṛtti/Deictic
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Discourse connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (adversative particle)
किम्what
किम्:
Prashna (Interrogative)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Interrogative; Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)
नnot
न:
Negation
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (adverb)
यत्which/that which
यत्:
Sambandha (Relative)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Relative pronoun; Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)
चand
च:
Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified puruṣārthas standing in Kāśī: Dharma as a four-legged bull, Artha as a many-handed giver, Kāma as a gentle spring of joy, and Śreyas as a radiant ascetic light above them, with Viśveśvara’s presence sanctifying all.

Characters & Entities
K
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
D
Dharma
A
Artha
K
Kāma
Ś
Śreyas (Mokṣa)

FAQs

Kāśī is extolled as the rare place where all human goals—ethical life, prosperity, enjoyment, and liberation—reach fulfillment.

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the supreme kṣetra where the puruṣārthas are perfected.

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on Kāśī’s inherent power as a sacred field (kṣetra) for attaining the puruṣārthas.

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