Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

नीरसान्यन्नपानानि वरुणेश्वर संस्मृतेः । सरसानि भविष्यंति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

nīrasānyannapānāni varuṇeśvara saṃsmṛteḥ | sarasāni bhaviṣyaṃti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

ورُنےشور کے اسمِ مبارک کے سمرن سے بے ذائقہ کھانا اور پینا بھی لذت سے بھر جاتا ہے؛ اس میں شک یا مزید غور کی کوئی حاجت نہیں۔

Word by Word

• nīrasāni: tasteless/insipid
• nīrasāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nīrasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• anna-pānāni: foods and drinks
• anna-pānāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक) + pāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (annāni ca pānāni ca)

• varuṇeśvara: O Lord of Varuṇa (Varuṇeśvara)
• varuṇeśvara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (varuṇasya īśvaraḥ)

• saṃsmṛteḥ: from the remembrance
• saṃsmṛteḥ: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsmṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• sarasāni: juicy/flavorful
• sarasāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• bhaviṣyanti: will become
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• kāryā: to be done/necessary
• kāryā: Vidhana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातोः यत्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (to be done)

• vicāraṇā: consideration/deliberation
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varuṇeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Primary listener of the Kāśī-māhātmya discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble pilgrim meal near a shrine: simple gruel and water become radiant and fragrant as the devotee remembers Varuṇeśvara; subtle divine water-symbols (makara, waves) appear in the aura.

Characters & Entities

• Varuṇeśvara
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional remembrance sanctifies ordinary experience, showing how tīrtha-devotion transforms even daily necessities into grace-filled offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Varuṇeśvara shrine/zone in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa/saṃsmṛti (remembrance) of Varuṇeśvara is implied as the practice.