Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

इति श्रुत्वाऽथ पिंगाक्षो भटः कार्पटिकेरितम । दूरान्मा भैष्ट माभैष्ट ब्रुवन्निति समागतः

Transliteration

iti śrutvā'tha piṃgākṣo bhaṭaḥ kārpaṭikeritama | dūrānmā bhaiṣṭa mābhaiṣṭa bruvanniti samāgataḥ

Translation

Nang marinig ni Piṅgākṣa na kawal ang pananalitang ito ng mga pulubi, siya’y dumating mula sa malayo, na nagsasabi, “Huwag kayong matakot, huwag kayong matakot.”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति सूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having heard’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर-अव्यय (sequencing particle)

• पिंगाक्षः: Piṅgākṣa
• पिंगाक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिंगाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative, 1st case)

• भटः: soldier/guard
• भटः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative, 1st case); apposition to पिंगाक्षः

• कार्पटिकेरितम्: spoken by the mendicant
• कार्पटिकेरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्पटिक + ईरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative, 2nd case); क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) from √ईर्/ईरय् ‘to utter/impel’: ‘by the mendicant spoken/indicated’ (qualifies an implied ‘वचनम्/उक्तम्’)

• दूरात्: from afar
• दूरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्यय (adverbial ablative): ‘from afar’

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• भैष्ट: fear
• भैष्ट: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपद

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• अभैष्ट: be afraid
• अभैष्ट: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (plural); उपसर्ग-आ (ā) with √भी: ‘be afraid’ (prohibited)

• ब्रुवन्: saying
• ब्रुवन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative, 1st case); ‘saying’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति सूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• समागतः: arrived
• समागतः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past active participle in sense), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative, 1st case); ‘having come/arrived’

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda, deduced, reporting events)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī/Avimukta (protective field)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Piṅgākṣa, a soldier/guard, rushes in from afar upon hearing the mendicants’ words, raising a hand in reassurance, repeating ‘Do not fear’.

Characters & Entities

• Piṅgākṣa
• bhaṭaḥ
• kārpaṭikāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protection of the vulnerable is upheld as dharma; reassurance dispels fear on the sacred journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly named; the verse belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative context around Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.