Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

मापते मम नाम्नात्र तीर्थे पंचनदे शुभे । अभक्तेभ्योपि भक्तेभ्यः स्थितो मुक्तिं सदादिश

Transliteration

māpate mama nāmnātra tīrthe paṃcanade śubhe | abhaktebhyopi bhaktebhyaḥ sthito muktiṃ sadādiśa

Translation

ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ณ ตีรถะปัญจนทอันเป็นมงคลนี้ ขอให้สถานที่นี้มีนามตามข้าพเจ้า และขอพระองค์ประทับอยู่ ณ ที่นี้ โปรดประทานโมกษะเป็นนิตย์ ทั้งแก่ผู้มีภักติ และแม้แก่ผู้ไร้ภักติด้วย

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेधार्थक particle used with imperative: 'do not')

• पते: O lord
• पते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नाम्ना: by (my) name
• नाम्ना: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक adverb: 'here')

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पञ्चनदे: at Pañcanada (place of five rivers)
• पञ्चनदे: Adhikaraṇa (Location; name of tīrtha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + नद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्विगु-समास (पञ्च नद्यः यस्मिन्), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (qualifying 'tīrthe/pañcanade')

• अभक्तेभ्यः: from the non-devotees; than non-devotees
• अभक्तेभ्यः: Apādāna (Source/contrast)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (ablative: 'from/than')

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि-कार: 'even/also')

• भक्तेभ्यः: from devotees; than devotees
• भक्तेभ्यः: Apādāna (Source/contrast)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (ablative: 'from/than')

• स्थितः: standing; abiding
• स्थितः: Karta (Predicate adjective of implied subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक adverb: 'always')

• आदिश: grant; prescribe; bestow
• आदिश: Kriyā (Predicate; command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+दिश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Agnibindu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcanada (to be eponymously linked with Agnibindu)

Type: sangam/ghat (conceptual ‘five-stream’ tīrtha; exact micro-topography varies)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Immediate in-story listener: Viṣṇu; broader: Purāṇa audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agnibindu petitions the Lord: ‘Let this auspicious Pañcanada bear my name; from here grant mokṣa to devotees and even to the non-devout.’ The deity’s compassionate gaze sanctifies the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Viṣṇu
• Pañcanada Tīrtha
• Agnibindu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s tīrthas are portrayed as radically compassionate—capable of lifting even the spiritually unprepared toward liberation through divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pañcanada Tīrtha in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, residence/approach to the tīrtha and seeking Viṣṇu’s grace there; the verse sets up the site’s salvific function rather than a detailed rite.