Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69
Devanagari script
ततः कौमारमासाद्य वयोऽभिध्यानशीलिना । भवता सर्वविद्यानां भाव्यं वै पारदृश्वना
Transliteration
tataḥ kaumāramāsādya vayo'bhidhyānaśīlinā | bhavatā sarvavidyānāṃ bhāvyaṃ vai pāradṛśvanā
Translation
پھر جوانی کو پہنچ کر تمہیں مطالعہ اور دھیان میں لگ جانا چاہیے؛ اے دور اندیش، تم یقیناً تمام علوم کے جاننے والے بنو گے۔
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb: 'then/thereafter')
कौमारम्boyhood
कौमारम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकौमार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Neuter, Acc singular: 'boyhood')
आसाद्यhaving attained
आसाद्य:
Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√सद्/√आसद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): 'having reached/attained'
वयःage
वयः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc singular: 'age')
अभिध्यानशीलिनाby one devoted to meditation
अभिध्यानशीलिना:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअभिध्यान + शीलिन् (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (Instrumental singular; 'one whose habit is meditation')
भवताby you
भवता:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/भवद्-शब्द)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (Instrumental singular: 'by you' honorific)
सर्वविद्यानाम्of all knowledges/arts
सर्वविद्यानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + विद्या (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (Genitive plural: 'of all sciences/arts')
भाव्यम्should become/should be
भाव्यम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√भू (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: 'to be/should become')
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
पारदृश्वनाO Pāradṛśvan (epithet/name)
पारदृश्वना:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपारदृश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन (Vocative singular; proper epithet/name)
Speaker
Sunīti (contextual, Dhruva narrative)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A youth seated with palm-leaf manuscripts, listening to a teacher; behind them, a quiet shrine or riverbank suggests contemplation alongside study.
Characters & Entities
D
DhruvaFAQs
It presents a conventional dharmic sequencing of life—education and contemplation first—before intense renunciation.
No tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse.
No ritual is prescribed; it recommends study and reflective discipline.