Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

निर्विश्य सुचिरं कालं दिव्यान्भोगाननुत्तमान् । ततोऽत्र ज्ञानिनो भूत्वा मुक्तिं प्राप्स्यंति शाश्वतीम्

Transliteration

nirviśya suciraṃ kālaṃ divyānbhogānanuttamān | tato'tra jñānino bhūtvā muktiṃ prāpsyaṃti śāśvatīm

Translation

ครั้นเสวยสุขทิพย์อันยอดยิ่งไร้เทียมทานเป็นเวลายาวนานแล้ว ต่อจากนั้น ณ ที่นี่เอง พวกเขาจะเป็นผู้มีญาณ และบรรลุโมกษะอันนิรันดร์

Word by Word

• निर्विश्य: having entered/experienced
• निर्विश्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निर्+विश् (धातु) → निर्विश्य (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive) — ‘having entered/experienced’

• सुचिरम्: for a long time
• सुचिरम्: Kriya-viseshana (Extent/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular) — कालविशेषण (adjectival to time)

• कालम्: time
• कालम्: Karma (Object as duration/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular) — कालावधि (duration as object)

• दिव्यान्: divine
• दिव्यान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural) — विशेषण

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural)

• अनुत्तमान्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural) — विशेषण; ‘unsurpassed’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: then/from there)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• ज्ञानिनः: the wise/knowers
• ज्ञानिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञानिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural) — ‘knowers/wise ones’

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु) → भूत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive) — ‘having become’

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• प्राप्स्यन्ति: they will attain
• प्राप्स्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘they will attain’

• शाश्वतीम्: eternal
• शाश्वतीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular) — विशेषण (to मुक्ति)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (as causal tīrtha) / Kailāsa (as attained realm)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In Kailāsa’s radiant realm, the uplifted beings enjoy divine pleasures for a long time; then a quiet turn inward occurs—faces serene, eyes contemplative—signaling the rise of liberating knowledge and release.

Characters & Entities

• mukti (liberation)
• jñāna (spiritual knowledge)
• Kāśī-kṣetra (atra, context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic soteriology often frames a progression: merit yields divine states, culminating in jñāna and eternal mokṣa—especially through Kāśī’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liberation-current is anchored in Kāśī’s Muktimaṇḍapa/Kukkuṭamaṇḍapa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; the verse describes the fruit (phala): jñāna and śāśvatī mukti.