Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

तदुत्तरे महामूर्तिरसितांगोस्ति भैरवः । तस्य दर्शनतः पुंसां न भवेद्यमदर्शनम्

Transliteration

taduttare mahāmūrtirasitāṃgosti bhairavaḥ | tasya darśanataḥ puṃsāṃ na bhavedyamadarśanam

Translation

ทางทิศเหนือจากนั้น มีภैरพผู้ทรงมหารูปนามว่า อสิตางคะ ผู้ใดได้ดर्शनของท่าน ย่อมไม่ต้องประสบการเห็นยมราช ผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งความตาย

Word by Word

• तत्: to its/that
• तत्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशक-विशेषणम् (उत्तरे इति)

• उत्तरे: in the north (side)
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देशवाचक

• महामूर्तिः: the great-formed (one), great image/form
• महामूर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—महती मूर्तिः

• असिताङ्गः: black-limbed
• असिताङ्गः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असित-अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—असितम् अङ्गं यस्य; विशेषणम् (भैरवः इति)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भैरवः: Bhairava
• भैरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (of him/that)

• दर्शनतः: from (the) sight/seeing
• दर्शनतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी (because of seeing)

• पुंसाम्: of people
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्/पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धे—‘of men/people’

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

• भवेत्: would be/occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यमदर्शनम्: the sight of Yama (death)
• यमदर्शनम्: Karma (Event/प्राप्य-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम-दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यमस्य दर्शनम्)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Asitāṅga Bhairava

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Asitāṅga Bhairava stands fierce yet protective, dark-hued, with trident and skull-bowl; a devotee receives abhaya as Yama’s shadow recedes into the background.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Asitāṅga Bhairava
• Bhairava
• Yama
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhairava’s grace in Kāśī is protective and liberative—transforming the devotee’s relation to death and judgment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The northern location of Asitāṅga Bhairava within the same Kāśī sacred circuit described in Adhyāya 18.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing/visiting) of Asitāṅga Bhairava is emphasized.