Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

गच्छेत्परिहरन्जन्तून्पिबेत्कं वस्त्रशोधितम् । वाचं वदेदनुद्वेगां न क्रुध्येत्केनचित्क्वचित्

Transliteration

gacchetpariharanjantūnpibetkaṃ vastraśodhitam | vācaṃ vadedanudvegāṃ na krudhyetkenacitkvacit

Translation

Lumakad siyang maingat, iniiwasan ang mga nilalang; uminom ng tubig na sinala sa tela; magsalita ng mga salitang di nakagugulo; at huwag magalit kaninuman, saanman.

Word by Word

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (optative, 3rd person singular)

• परिहरन्: avoiding
• परिहरन्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + हृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भावे (present active participle, masc nom sg; ‘while avoiding’)

• जन्तून्: living beings
• जन्तून्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masculine, accusative, plural)

• पिबेत्: should drink
• पिबेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (optative, 3rd person singular)

• कम्: water (that which)
• कम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (neuter, accusative, singular; pronoun)

• वस्त्रशोधितम्: filtered through cloth
• वस्त्रशोधितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वस्त्र + शोधित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणम्; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (cloth-filtered) (neuter acc sg; past participle)

• वाचम्: speech/words
• वाचम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine, accusative, singular)

• वदेत्: should speak
• वदेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (optative, 3rd person singular)

• अनुद्वेगाम्: non-agitating (gentle)
• अनुद्वेगाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु + उद्वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थक-निषेध (as adjective: ‘without agitation’, fem acc sg)

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

• क्रुध्येत्: should get angry
• क्रुध्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम् (optative, 3rd person singular, atmanepada)

• केनचित्: with/by anyone
• केनचित्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (instrumental singular: ‘by anyone/with anyone’)

• क्वचित्: ever/anywhere
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/काल-वाचक अव्यय (adverb: ever/anywhere)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience / sages in frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mendicant in Kāśī walks slowly, eyes lowered, avoiding ants and small beings; he filters water through cloth; he speaks softly to a householder; his face remains calm despite provocation.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Yati (ascetic)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renunciation is expressed through compassion in action, purity in consumption, and gentleness in speech and temperament.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discipline is taught within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa setting, where Kāśī is upheld as a field for refined dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Filtering water through cloth and mindful walking to avoid harming small beings; also the vow-like restraint of non-angry conduct.