Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

पापराशिभिराक्रांता ये दारिद्र्य पराजिताः । येषां क्वापि गतिर्नास्ति तेषां वाराणसी गतिः

Transliteration

pāparāśibhirākrāṃtā ye dāridrya parājitāḥ | yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃ vārāṇasī gatiḥ

Translation

ผู้ที่ถูกกองบาปท่วมทับ ผู้ที่พ่ายแพ้ต่อความยากจน—ผู้ที่ไม่มีที่พึ่ง ณ ที่ใดเลย; สำหรับเขา วาราณสีคือที่พึ่งและทางไป

Word by Word

• पापराशिभिः: by heaps of sins
• पापराशिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-राशि (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + राशि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापानां राशिः)

• आक्रान्ताः: overwhelmed
• आक्रान्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-क्रम् (धातु) → आक्रान्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ये)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• दारिद्र्य: by poverty
• दारिद्र्य: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; हेतु/करणभावे

• पराजिताः: defeated
• पराजिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-आ-जि (धातु) → पराजित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ये)

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• क्वापि: anywhere
• क्वापि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययसमुच्चयः (अनिश्चित-स्थानार्थक: 'anywhere')

• गतिः: refuge/way
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: for them/of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• वाराणसी: Vārāṇasī
• वाराणसी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक; स्थाननाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• गतिः: refuge/destination
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (quoted saying; Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame tradition: Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vārāṇasī / Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A destitute, sin-burdened pilgrim approaches the luminous city of Kāśī; Gaṅgā flows beside ghāṭs, bells ring, and the spire of Viśveśvara rises as a beacon of refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Vārāṇasī
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is celebrated as a place where even the burdened and destitute can find spiritual uplift and a new direction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vārāṇasī (Kāśī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the emphasis is on Kāśī’s redemptive refuge rather than a specific rite.