Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

जहौ प्राणान्रणे वीरस्तां प्रियां परितः स्मरन्

Transliteration

jahau prāṇānraṇe vīrastāṃ priyāṃ paritaḥ smaran

Translation

Sa digmaan, iniwan ng bayani ang kaniyang hininga, habang sa lahat ng dako’y inaalala ang kaniyang minamahal.

Word by Word

• जहौ: gave up, abandoned
• जहौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्राणान्: life-breaths, life
• प्राणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• वीरः: the hero/warrior
• वीरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ताम्: that (her)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम, विशेषणरूपेण

• प्रियाम्: beloved woman
• प्रियाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• परितः: continually, all around
• परितः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परितः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: all around/continually)

• स्मरन्: remembering
• स्मरन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; 'remembering'

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly framed as Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fallen hero on the battlefield, eyes softening as life departs; his gaze and gesture suggest he is remembering his beloved; the beloved stands or kneels nearby in stunned grief.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The final remembrance (smṛti) powerfully shapes one’s end; hence the Purāṇas encourage remembrance of the divine rather than binding attachment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the macro-context, but the verse itself does not glorify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.