Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

यन्नास्ति सर्वलोकेषु तदस्तीति विरुध्यते । कथ्यमानं तदन्यस्य हृदयेनावतिष्ठते

Transliteration

yannāsti sarvalokeṣu tadastīti virudhyate | kathyamānaṃ tadanyasya hṛdayenāvatiṣṭhate

Translation

Yaong hindi masusumpungan sa lahat ng mga daigdig ay sinasalungat kapag sinabing ‘umiiral’; subalit kapag binigkas, nananahan ito sa puso ng iba.

Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

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

• अस्ति: exists
• अस्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (present, 3rd person singular, active)

• सर्वलोकेषु: in all worlds
• सर्वलोकेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन (masculine, locative plural)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; pronoun)

• अस्ति: exists
• अस्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (present, 3rd person singular, active)

• इति: thus/that
• इति: Sambandha/Quotation (उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• विरुध्यते: is contradicted/opposed
• विरुध्यते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + रुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (middle) (present, 3rd person singular, middle)

• कथ्यमानम्: being spoken/said
• कथ्यमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (neuter nom/acc sg)

• अन्यस्य: of another (person)
• अन्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (masculine, genitive singular)

• हृदयेन: by the heart
• हृदयेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (neuter, instrumental singular)

• अवतिष्ठते: abides/remains
• अवतिष्ठते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (present, 3rd person singular, middle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (satsaṅga/śravaṇa milieu)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims as recipients of upadeśa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker recites in a small assembly on a ghat; the words appear as subtle waves that transform into a luminous seed entering the listener’s heart, while the vast cosmos fades behind to show Brahman is not a worldly object.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛdaya (heart)
• Brahman/Reality (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ultimate reality can seem ‘contradictory’ to worldly categories, yet it becomes inwardly established through authentic teaching and receptivity of heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame, Kāśī is implied as the sacred milieu where such subtle truth is taught and realized inwardly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is stated; the emphasis is on listening/receiving instruction so the truth abides in the heart.