Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

अविमुक्तं तदरभ्य क्षेत्रमेतदुदीर्यते । पर्यंक भूतं शिवयोर्निरंतरसुखास्पदम्

Transliteration

avimuktaṃ tadarabhya kṣetrametadudīryate | paryaṃka bhūtaṃ śivayorniraṃtarasukhāspadam

Translation

اسی مقام سے یہ کْشَیتر ‘اَوِمُکت’ کے نام سے پکارا جاتا ہے؛ یہ مقدّس خطہ شِو اور شِوا کا پرینک (آرام گاہ) ہے، اور بےانقطاع سُکھ کا دائمی آستانہ۔

Word by Word

• अविमुक्तम्: Avimukta (the sacred place)
• अविमुक्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ- + विमुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; वि+मुच् क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन — neuter, nominative, singular; नाम (place-name)

• तत्: thereupon/then
• तत्: Kala-adhikarana (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे नपुंसक-रूपम् ‘तत्’ = ‘thereupon/thereafter’ (adverbial use)

• आरभ्य: starting from
• आरभ्य: Apadana/Arambha-bindu (Starting point/आरम्भ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ+रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having begun/from (starting)’, adverbial

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन — neuter, nominative, singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — neuter, nominative, singular; विशेषणम्

• उदीर्यते: is called/declared
• उदीर्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+ईर् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) — ‘is called/uttered’

• पर्यङ्क: couch/bed
• पर्यङ्क: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्यङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — masculine, nominative/accusative, singular (as first member in predication)

• भूतम्: become
• भूतम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु) → भूत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘having become’; predicate adjective

• शिवयोः: of Shiva and (his) consort / of the two Shivas
• शिवयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन — masculine, genitive, dual

• निरन्तरसुखास्पदम्: abode of uninterrupted bliss
• निरन्तरसुखास्पदम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरन्तर-सुख-आस्पद (प्रातिपदिक; निरन्तर + सुख + आस्पद)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter, nominative/accusative, singular; समासपद

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Avimukta as a radiant sanctum-city where Śiva and Pārvatī recline on a divine couch; the atmosphere is continuous bliss—soft light, lotus motifs, and a subtle suggestion of Kāśī’s ghats/temple spires as the earthly reflection of their celestial resting-place.

Characters & Entities

• Avimukta
• Śiva
• Śivā (Pārvatī)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Avimukta signifies uninterrupted divine presence; dwelling in that awareness leads toward unbroken inner bliss and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta-kṣetra of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), described as Śiva-Śakti’s perpetual resting-place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it culminates the definition and praise of Avimukta as a mokṣa-kṣetra.