Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

श्रद्धालवे विनीताय त्रिकालज्ञानचक्षुषे । शिवभक्ताय शांताय वक्तव्यं च मुमुक्षवे

Transliteration

śraddhālave vinītāya trikālajñānacakṣuṣe | śivabhaktāya śāṃtāya vaktavyaṃ ca mumukṣave

Translation

البتہ یہ تعلیم اُسے دینی چاہیے جو صاحبِ ایمان اور باادب ہو؛ جس کی نگاہ تینوں زمانوں کے علم سے روشن ہو؛ جو شِو بھکت، طبعاً پُرسکون، اور مُکتی کا طالب ہو۔

Word by Word

• श्रद्धालवे: to the faithful
• श्रद्धालवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धालु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — masculine, dative, singular

• विनीताय: to the well-disciplined
• विनीताय: Sampradana (Recipient qualifier/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+नी (धातु) → विनीत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन — past participle used adjectivally; ‘to the disciplined’

• त्रिकालज्ञानचक्षुषे: to one whose eye is knowledge of the three times
• त्रिकालज्ञानचक्षुषे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-काल-ज्ञान-चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + काल + ज्ञान + चक्षुस्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — neuter, dative, singular

• शिवभक्ताय: to a devotee of Shiva
• शिवभक्ताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; शिव + भक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — masculine, dative, singular

• शान्ताय: to the calm one
• शान्ताय: Sampradana (Recipient qualifier/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त from शम्)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past participial adjective), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन — ‘to the peaceful’

• वक्तव्यम्: should be told
• वक्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → वक्तव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘should be spoken’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मुमुक्षवे: to the seeker of liberation
• मुमुक्षवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुमुक्षु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — masculine, dative, singular

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene disciple with folded hands receives instruction; symbols of the three times (sun, moon, stars or three clocks) illuminate the disciple’s ‘knowledge-eye’; Śiva’s emblem (liṅga or trident) signifies devotion; atmosphere of calm aspiration for mokṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Agastya
• Mumukṣu (seeker of liberation)
• Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual truths bear fruit in qualified hearts—faith, humility, Śiva-bhakti, peace, and mokṣa-intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta-kṣetra in Kāśī, whose greatness is to be shared with sincere seekers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A transmission guideline: teach the rahasya only to qualified devotees and liberation-seekers.