Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तद्विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यंति सूरयः । एतद्यत्पठ्यते वेदे तत्प्रयागं पुनः पुनः

Transliteration

tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyaṃti sūrayaḥ | etadyatpaṭhyate vede tatprayāgaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

Translation

บรรดาฤษีผู้รู้แจ้งย่อมเห็น “ปรมปท” ของพระวิษณุอยู่เสมอ ความจริงที่สาธยายในพระเวทนั้นเอง—นี่แหละคือประยาคะ ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘that’

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पदम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पदम्: abode / state
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• पश्यन्ति: see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; वर्तमानकाल

• सूरयः: the wise / seers
• सूरयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative)

• पठ्यते: is recited
• पठ्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• वेदे: in the Veda
• वेदे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरणम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘that’

• प्रयागम्: Prayāga
• प्रयागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (उपमेय/निर्देश)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-बोधक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-बोधक-अव्यय; पुनः पुनः = repeatedly

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prayāga

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Seers (sūrayaḥ) with radiant eyes gaze upward to a luminous ‘Viṣṇu-pada’ symbol in the sky, while below the Prayāga confluence mirrors that light like a sacred diagram.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Veda
• Prayāga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A great tīrtha is not merely geographic—it embodies the Vedic-realized supreme goal, perceived by seers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prayāga, equated with the Veda-proclaimed supreme station of Viṣṇu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated; the verse establishes scriptural (Vedic) authority for Prayāga’s sanctity.