Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तुलसी यस्य भवने प्रत्यहं परिपूज्यते । तद्गृहं नोपसर्पंति कदाचिद्यमकिंकराः

Transliteration

tulasī yasya bhavane pratyahaṃ paripūjyate | tadgṛhaṃ nopasarpaṃti kadācidyamakiṃkarāḥ

Translation

جس کے گھر میں تلسی کی ہر روز عقیدت کے ساتھ پوجا کی جاتی ہے، اُس گھر کے قریب یم کے خادم کبھی بھی نہیں آتے۔

Word by Word

• तुलसी: Tulasī (holy basil)
• तुलसी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धि (relative)

• भवने: in (his) house
• भवने: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• प्रत्यहम्: daily
• प्रत्यहम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + अहन् (अव्यय-समास/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), अव्ययीभाव-समास; प्रतिदिन

• परिपूज्यते: is duly worshipped
• परिपूज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः—‘is worshipped’

• तद्गृहम्: that house (his house)
• तद्गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य गृहं); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

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

• उपसर्पन्ति: approach/creep near
• उपसर्पन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + सृप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• कदाचित्: ever
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक); ‘ever/at any time’

• यमकिंकराः: servants of Yama
• यमकिंकराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + किंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (यमस्य किंकराः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulasī (as living tīrtha within the home)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtyard with a tulasī-vṛndāvana altar; a devotee offers a small lamp and water at dawn; in the shadows beyond the threshold, Yama’s attendants turn away, unable to enter.

Characters & Entities

• Tulasī
• Yama
• Yamakiṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily devotion to Tulasī is presented as a powerful shield rooted in bhakti and purity of the home.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse focuses on household dharma; its setting is the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s devotional teaching tradition rather than a single tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratyaha-paripūjā: daily, complete worship of Tulasī in one’s home.