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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

श्रुतिस्मृतिपुराणज्ञा ब्राह्मणाः परिकीर्तिताः । तदुक्ताचारचरणा इतरे नामधारकाः

Transliteration

śrutismṛtipurāṇajñā brāhmaṇāḥ parikīrtitāḥ | taduktācāracaraṇā itare nāmadhārakāḥ

Translation

جو لوگ شروتی، سمرتی اور پرانوں کے حقیقی جاننے والے ہیں وہی برہمن کہلاتے ہیں؛ اور جو ان میں بتائے ہوئے آچار پر چلتے ہیں وہی حقیقتاً برہمن ہیں—باقی تو صرف نام کے برہمن ہیں۔

Word by Word
श्रुतिrevelation (Veda)
श्रुति:
Viśeṣaṇa-aṅga (Qualifier component)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular) (समासाङ्ग)
स्मृतिtradition; smṛti
स्मृति:
Viśeṣaṇa-aṅga (Qualifier component)
TypeNoun
Rootस्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular) (समासाङ्ग)
पुराणPurāṇa
पुराण:
Viśeṣaṇa-aṅga (Qualifier component)
TypeNoun
Rootपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular) (समासाङ्ग)
ज्ञाःknowers (of)
ज्ञाः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; √ज्ञा (धातु) ‘to know’)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); समासः: श्रुति+स्मृति+पुराण+ज्ञ (बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत्)
ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)
परिकीर्तिताःare declared/are called
परिकीर्तिताः:
Karma (Predicate complement; described as)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि+√कीर्त् (धातु) / √कीर्त् (धातु) ‘to praise/mention’ (कृदन्त: क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)
तद्of that
तद्:
Sambandha (Genitival relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचन (Neuter, Genitive, Singular) (समासाङ्ग)
उक्तsaid; prescribed
उक्त:
Viśeṣaṇa-aṅga (Qualifier component)
TypeAdjective
Rootउक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √वच् (धातु) ‘to say’ (कृदन्त: क्त))
Formकृदन्त-विशेषण (Past Participle used adjectivally) (समासाङ्ग)
आचारconduct; practice
आचार:
Viśeṣya-aṅga (Head component)
TypeNoun
Rootआचार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular) (समासाङ्ग)
चरणाःfollowers/practitioners (of that prescribed conduct)
चरणाः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootचरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); समासः: तद्+उक्त+आचार+चरण (तदुक्ताचारस्य चरणाः = तदनुसारिणः)
इतरेothers
इतरे:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootइतर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)
नामname (only)
नाम:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial qualifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable; noun used adverbially as ‘only in name’) (समासाङ्ग)
धारकाःbearers (of the name)
धारकाः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootधारक (प्रातिपदिक; √धृ (धातु) ‘to hold’ (ण्वुल्/कृदन्त-प्रत्यय))
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); समासः: नाम+धारक
Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya / Kāśī-mahātmya listeners (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned assembly in Kāśī: a true brāhmaṇa teaching from palm-leaf manuscripts (Śruti/Smṛti/Purāṇa), while a merely nominal brāhmaṇa stands aside, contrasted by posture and aura; the ghāṭs and a distant Viśvanātha spire suggest the sacred setting.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śruti
S
Smṛti
P
Purāṇa
B
Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

True spiritual identity is measured by scriptural understanding and lived conduct, not by mere social label.

The verse is situated in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa and supports the Dharma-framework that underlies Kāśī’s māhātmya, though it does not name a specific tīrtha.

No specific rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on ācāra—living according to Śruti-Smṛti-Purāṇa.

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