Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

सर्वत्र ते प्रवेशोस्ति त्यक्त्वा वाराणसीं पुरीम् । नियोज्यतामिति शिवोप्यंतर्धानं गतस्ततः

Transliteration

sarvatra te praveśosti tyaktvā vārāṇasīṃ purīm | niyojyatāmiti śivopyaṃtardhānaṃ gatastataḥ

Translation

‘ทุกแห่งเจ้าจะเข้าได้ เว้นแต่นครพาราณสี; จงถูกกำหนดให้เป็นไปตามนี้’ ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระศิวะก็อันตรธานหายไป

Word by Word

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रवेशः: entry, access
• प्रवेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• वाराणसीम्: Vārāṇasī
• वाराणसीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुरीम्: city
• पुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वाराणसीम् इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन

• नियोज्यताम्: let (it/you) be appointed/assigned
• नियोज्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-युज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आदेशार्थे

• इति: thus
• इति: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचकः (quotative)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (also/even)

• अन्तर्धानम्: disappearance, invisibility
• अन्तर्धानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्धान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म

• गतः: went, entered
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• ततः: then, from there
• ततः: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-प्रभवः, अपादान/क्रमसूचक-अर्थे (thereupon/from there)

Speaker

Skanda (quoting Śiva, to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vārāṇasī / Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame assumed; not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares: 'Everywhere you may enter, except Vārāṇasī.' After issuing the directive, Śiva disappears (antaradhāna).

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Vārāṇasī
• Kāśī
• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse asserts Kāśī’s incomparable sanctity: certain defilements are barred by Śiva’s decree.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) is explicitly glorified as a city beyond ordinary spiritual contamination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is a theological boundary-statement about the kṣetra.