Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

निश्चितं विश्वनाथेन प्रेरितेन त्वयाऽनघ । कृतं हि कृतकृत्येन प्रासादादिह वेद्म्यहम्

Transliteration

niścitaṃ viśvanāthena preritena tvayā'nagha | kṛtaṃ hi kṛtakṛtyena prāsādādiha vedmyaham

Translation

اے بے گناہ! یہ یقینی ہے کہ وِشوَناتھ کی ترغیب سے تم—کرتکرتیہ—نے یہ کام انجام دیا ہے۔ میں یہاں اسی پرساد (مندر) وغیرہ کی نشانیاں دیکھ کر جانتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• निश्चितम्: certain/decided
• निश्चितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-चित् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘ascertained/decided’

• विश्वनाथेन: by Viśvanātha (Lord of the universe)
• विश्वनाथेन: Karana (Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व-नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• प्रेरितेन: impelled
• प्रेरितेन: Karana (Instrumental qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-ईर्/ईर् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; ‘impelled’ (agreeing with त्वया)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• कृतम्: (it is) done
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (PPP used substantively), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• कृतकृत्येन: by one who has fulfilled his task
• कृतकृत्येन: Karana (Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत-कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; ‘one who has accomplished his duty’

• प्रासादात्: from the palace
• प्रासादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादान (from)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• वेद्मि: I know
• वेद्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvanātha-kṣetra (within Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a Kāśī temple courtyard: a revered speaker addresses a king/devotee, pointing to architectural signs of a newly revealed or recognized shrine; above, an unseen Viśvanātha presence is suggested by a luminous liṅga aura or trident emblem, indicating divine prompting.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred actions in Kāśī are ultimately inspired by Viśvanātha; the devotee becomes an instrument of Śiva’s will.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśvanātha of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), with an implied reference to the shrine/temple setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse affirms divine prompting behind a completed sacred undertaking.