Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

व्यासेश्वरस्य ये भक्ता न तेषां कलिकालतः । न पापतो भयं क्वापि न च क्षेत्रोपसर्गतः

Transliteration

vyāseśvarasya ye bhaktā na teṣāṃ kalikālataḥ | na pāpato bhayaṃ kvāpi na ca kṣetropasargataḥ

Translation

ผู้เป็นภักตะแห่งพระวยาเสศวร ย่อมไม่หวาดหวั่นต่อกาลียุค ไม่กลัวบาป ณ ที่ใด และไม่ครั่นคร้ามต่อเคราะห์ภัยอันเกี่ยวเนื่องกับเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์

Word by Word

• व्यासेश्वरस्य: of Vyāseśvara
• व्यासेश्वरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (व्यासस्य ईश्वरः)

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

• भक्ताः: devotees
• भक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भज् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used as noun: devotee), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

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

• कलिकालतः: from the time of Kali (Kali age)
• कलिकालतः: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कलियुगस्य कालः)

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

• पापतः: from sin
• पापतः: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• क्वापि: anywhere
• क्वापि: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite locative adverb: anywhere)

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

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• क्षेत्रोपसर्गतः: from troubles related to the kṣetra
• क्षेत्रोपसर्गतः: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उपसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (क्षेत्रस्य उपसर्गः = trouble/affliction connected with the sacred place)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vyāseśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees of Vyāseśvara stand fearless as symbolic shadows of Kali (discord, disease, temptation) recede; the liṅga radiates a protective aura over the Kāśī precincts.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāseśvara
• Kali Yuga (Kali-kāla)
• Kāśī kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion to Vyāseśvara is portrayed as a spiritual refuge that overcomes Kali-age anxieties and sin-born fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vyāseśvara in Kāśī; the verse also alludes to the protective sanctity of the Kāśī-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified here; the emphasis is on sustained bhakti (devotional allegiance) to Vyāseśvara.