Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तव निःश्वसितं वेदास्तेभ्यः सर्वमवैष्यसि । वेददृष्टेन मार्गेण कुरु सर्वं यथोचितम्

Transliteration

tava niḥśvasitaṃ vedāstebhyaḥ sarvamavaiṣyasi | vedadṛṣṭena mārgeṇa kuru sarvaṃ yathocitam

Translation

“وید تمہاری ہی سانس ہیں؛ انہی سے تم سب کچھ جان لو گے۔ وید کے دکھائے ہوئے راستے پر چل کر ہر کام مناسب طریقے سے انجام دو۔”

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; सम्बन्ध (your)

• निःश्वसितम्: breath; exhalation
• निःश्वसितम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niḥ-√śvas (श्वस्, धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle used as noun: ‘that which is breathed out’)

• वेदाः: the Vedas
• वेदाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तेभ्यः: from them
• तेभ्यः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म-रूपेण

• अवैष्यसि: you will know/understand
• अवैष्यसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√i (इ, धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वेददृष्टेन: seen/indicated by the Veda
• वेददृष्टेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + dṛṣṭa (√dṛś, क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तृतीया-सम्बन्धः; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वेदेन दृष्टः)

• मार्गेण: by the path; through the way
• मार्गेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ, धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• यथा-उचितम्: as appropriate
• यथा-उचितम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + ucita (प्रातिपदिक/क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (as is proper)

Speaker

Mahādeva (Śiva) (continuation from prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Viṣṇu with a calm, authoritative gesture; subtle visualization of Vedas as luminous breath—scrolls or radiance emanating like prāṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Vedas
• Mahāviṣṇu/Acyuta (addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is to be carried out in alignment with Vedic guidance; scripture is portrayed as divine breath and ultimate authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

While not naming a spot, the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting frames Kāśī as a locus where Vedic dharma is affirmed and taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription is given: act ‘by the path seen in the Veda’ (veda-dṛṣṭa-mārga), i.e., perform duties according to scriptural rule.